Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Ashton, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF73285
Build the software behind mission critical defence technology
As a Senior Software Engineer at Ashton, near Bristol, Somerset, you will develop high-performance software for real-time and embedded systems, including cutting edge software-defined radio and digital signal processing solutions.
The role
Work within a small, highly skilled engineering team, contributing across the full development lifecycle from design and implementation to integration, testing, and deployment. You will collaborate closely with systems, quality, requirements, and acceptance engineers, producing embedded RF applications that integrate with the OpenCPI platform. Responsibilities include:
* System On Chip (SoC) DSP solution development
* Test and verification activities
* Integration with system‑on‑chip platforms
* Data exchange with services higher in the stack
This is a full-time, 37‑hour per week role offering hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.
Essential experience
* Proven, recent development experience over multiple projects in C++ and DSP engineering
* Experience developing digital signal processing applications
* Experience working with embedded or real‑time operating environments
* Experience contributing to test, verification and integration activities
* Strong collaborative skills within engineering delivery teams
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
Security clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) / Counter Terrorist security clearance for this role. Sole UK National.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.
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 to buy or sell annual leave
* Be Kind Day – one paid volunteering day each year
* Flexible working options that support work‑life balance
* A dynamic working environment
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".
Closing date: 15/05/2026
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