Senior Digital Engineer
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF69786
Shape the Future of Digital Engineering in Defence and Aerospace. 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 Digital Engineer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.
The role
As a Senior Digital Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening and evolving our digital engineering capability across Mission Systems. This is an exciting opportunity to shape how modern engineering tools are selected, deployed and optimised — helping us move towards a fully connected, data‑driven engineering digital thread.
Day‑to‑day responsibilities
* Drive the definition and governance of engineering toolset policies, standards and preferred tool usage across Mission Systems
* Support bid and delivery teams by ensuring engineering tooling, licensing and training requirements are fully embedded into project plans
* Lead audits, reviews and improvement initiatives to optimise tool usage, reduce duplication and strengthen configuration management
* Collaborate on enterprise system transitions, including ERP and Product Lifecycle Management integrations
* Provide subject matter expertise and guidance on a range of core engineering tools and digital engineering best practice
This is a full‑time role working 37 hours per week, based in Ashton Vale, Bristol. Hybrid working patterns are available.
Essential experience
* Extensive hands‑on experience with Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management, including change, configuration and bill of materials management
* Proven capability supporting complex engineering toolsets such as requirements management, computer‑aided design, analysis and data management platforms
* Strong understanding of configuration management principles across the engineering lifecycle
* A proactive approach to learning, innovation and continuous improvement within digital engineering environments
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and translate technical detail into practical outcomes
Qualifications
* Engineering‑related Higher National Certificate or Higher National Diploma (or equivalent)
* Additional engineering or digital systems qualifications (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.
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.
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