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Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ Remote Worker, GB

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Hybrid Working, Mostly remote but travel to sites is required.

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: 65823

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Software Engineer.

The role

As aSenior Software Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will assist and support Babcock Mission Systems, which has an enviable reputation for fostering partnerships, innovation and delivers technological advantages to an array of global customers. We have built on these strengths with the creation of an innovation hub which is at the forefront of our contribution to the Defence Digital era.

The Global Technology team is built from a diverse mix of skillsets, backgrounds and experiences; highly motivated people who are driven by the prospect of working with industry leading technology in a challenging, agile and forward-looking environment. Global Technology is adapting to bring fresh thinking to growth opportunities, develop new capabilities and put innovation at the centre of Babcock’s future.

Day-to-Day, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain cross-platform code libraries (Linux, Windows, Android) using C++, following object-oriented design principles and employing CMake for build management.
• Develop and integrate robotics applications utilizing ROS, including advanced OpenCV, Boost, Standard library, and Jsoncpp for efficient data processing and manipulation.
• Implement machine learning models for object detection, particularly using YOLOv5, and optimize performance using Nvidia CUDA hardware acceleration.
• Develop, test, and deploy cloud-based applications and simulations, using Azure DevOps, Docker, and cloud-based agents for continuous integration and deployment.
• Write and maintain unit tests using Google Test Framework, and manage automated testing pipelines in Azure, including YAML pipeline scripting for parallel build and testing.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week with the opportunity for flexible working. Hybrid working is available.

Essential experience of the Senior Software Engineer

• You must have previous experience as a Software Engineer.
• You must have experience with C++.

Qualifications for the Senior Software Engineer

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check(SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please emailcareers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 19/08/2025

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