Combat Systems Senior Engineer

Job Title:                     Combat Systems Senior Engineer

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           £54,019 - £60,429 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF72238

Shape the Future of Submarine Capability

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 Combat Systems Senior Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role

As a Combat Systems Senior Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of supporting submarine Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems, technology that underpins the Royal Navy’s ability to operate safely, effectively, and decisively.

Day-to-day, you’ll join a collaborative team of subject matter experts within Babcock’s Submarine Support Enterprise, gaining exposure across engineering, operations, digital capability, and customer engagement. It’s a role that will develop your strategic thinking, engineering leadership, and technical knowledge, while giving you the chance to make an impact that lasts.

• Provide expert technical insight on submarine C4I systems, ensuring capability remains effective throughout and beyond original design life.
• Collaborate with the Ministry of Defence, the Royal Navy, Babcock teams, and industry partners to tackle complex engineering challenges.
• Investigate and recommend solutions for C4I issues, shaping design improvements and influencing future submarine development.
• Ensure accuracy and quality of engineering outputs, from requirements understanding through to review and acceptance.
• Apply domain knowledge to improve integration, ease of support, and long‑term system performance.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with regular travel to Babcock Technology Centre, Bristol and other UK Defence sites.

Essential experience of the Combat Systems Senior Engineer

• Operational and engineering experience of submarine C4I systems, with A and V Class Combat Systems knowledge highly desirable.
• Recent at‑sea or operational C4I experience.
• Experience working within an engineering lifecycle role in the Submarine Support Enterprise.
• Understanding of Ministry of Defence structures and procurement processes.
• Experience in regulated industries and ability to collaborate with wide and diverse stakeholder groups.

Qualifications for the Combat Systems Senior Engineer

• Qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or HND with substantial demonstrable experience.

• Membership of a professional engineering institution or working toward registration—Babcock will fully support your professional development - Desirable

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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 at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘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

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@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: 10/04/2026

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