Job Title: Strategic Systems Engineer
Location: Plymouth, Devon or Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £45,.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Engineer the systems that keep submarines safe — and shape a career that lasts.
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 Strategic Systems Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard or Babcock Technology Centre site.
The role
As a Strategic Systems Engineer, you’ll help bring vital submarine systems into service and keep them operating safely through-life. You’ll work directly with MoD Project teams to understand requirements, develop robust engineering processes and documentation and deliver solutions that protect lives and strengthen national security. It’s work with purpose and it will accelerate your development across systems engineering, safety engineering and information assurance in a mission-driven environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll understand the customer’s requirements and needs and provide technical solutions, outputs, and project management in support of the projects you’re allocated.
1. Lead the development and improvement of engineering processes that underpin safety, maintenance and information assurance across strategic submarine systems.
2. Engage with MoD stakeholders to clarify requirements and convert them into deliverable technical outputs and plans.
3. Produce clear, professional documentation from safety analyses and system procedures to process maps and reports.
4. Coordinate technical delivery across mixed professional teams, tracking progress, risks and dependencies to quality, time and cost.
5. Represent Babcock at meetings in the UK and at occasional UK‑US conferences, providing concise updates and insights.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home. Travel required to other sites up to twice a month (stay over).
Essential experience of the Strategic Systems Engineer
6. Experience in a customer facing role within a highly regulated industry (e.g. defence, nuclear, aerospace, rail, or energy).
7. Strong written and verbal communication skills with proven stakeholder management.
8. Demonstrated ability to write and edit professional documentation (reports, processes, procedures).
9. Experience articulating complex technical and project management requirements to diverse audiences.
10. Full UK driving licence.
Qualifications for the Strategic Systems Engineer
11. Degree, Higher National Diploma or Higher National Certificate in engineering or project management (or equivalent experience).
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