Senior Systems Engineer

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. you will conduct engineering analysis and modelling for through life submarine availability that keep our submarines safe at sea.

Day-to-day, you'll be providing effective Support modelling and analysis using your analytical skills to enable a foundation for an informed, evidence-based maintenance support programme to meet MOD project requirements for increased submarines availability, capability, and sustainment engineering.

You will exploit both data and digital technology to deliver data-led insights into submarines availability. The output of your modelling activities will provide the backbone of quantitative evidence required to inform and support the Maintenance Upkeep and Operating Cycle (MUOC) and through life maintenance planning activities.

This role is full time, 35 hours and will be based at on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard with hybrid working from home arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Systems Engineer

• Competency with logic or programming, ideally experience with Python or similar.


• High level of computer literacy, comfortable with Excel.


• Able to identify technical risks and issues and raise mitigating actions, including developing proposals for investigations and/or solutions / process improvements., Working towards professional registration of an accredited STEM body such as IMechE, INCOSE, IMarEST or IET


• You'll be qualified to minimum of a degree in a STEM discipline (e.g. Mechanical, Electrical, System, Data or Maths). Experience in lieu of formal education would be considered.


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

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 Systems Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

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 at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance


• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement


• '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


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