Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer

Job Title: Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF68788

The Role

As a Senior Systems Integration Lead Engineer, you will lead on integration and system engineering in our expanding engineering team for a major UK programme. This role represents a fantastic and rare opportunity to play a senior role in a dynamic delivery team, working on new and exciting projects as part of a rapidly expanding organisation. Day‑to‑day, you’ll work collaboratively in a team of multi‑discipline engineers, subject matter experts and the customer to mature and develop creative solutions for our current and future clients. You will use your knowledge and skills to ensure the development of the right solutions, combined with robust testing and acceptance.

• Lead engineering work packages across Radio Frequency Development projects, including planning activities, managing requirements traceability through the Systems Requirement Document, and ensuring technical authority for all integration activities with DSRS.
• Lead Validation, Verification, Test and Acceptance activities against the SRD through maintaining a Validation, Verification, Requirements Matrix. Produce test plans, cases and scripts for system development to provide traceability back to the requirements.
• Develop a holistic view and plan for all DSRS Integration activities through leading the definition of activities in response to customer change.
• Act as the customer liaison for all site integration activities through participating in the development, building, testing and trialling of solutions.
• Contribute to the creation of high‑quality project documentation, report to PEM on technical delivery and output, and lead and inspire junior systems engineers.

This role is full time (37 hours per week) and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home.

Essential Experience

• Requirements writing, analysis and management within an MoD context.
• Experience leading, planning and delivering design‑build‑integrate engineering projects, including schedule, risk, assumptions and leadership to ensure the team is tasked effectively.
• Experience of power distribution, UPS, rack design layout and cabling design.
• Full lifecycle, demonstrable system and solution architecture design and delivery experience.
• Design for MoD installations in accordance with SCIDA requirements / JSP 604 and AUTOCAD, plus technical report writing experience.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering. An HNC/HND with relevant experience is valued.
• Incorporated or Chartered Engineer, or working towards one.

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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting – Clearance Levels.

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 of special paid leave.
• Holiday trading to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ to take a paid day off to volunteer with a chosen organisation or charity.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package, including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Closing Date

10/11/2025

We are a disability confident committed employer.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. 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 happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.