Entry Level Systems Engineer

Job Title: Entry Level Systems Engineer

Location: Devonport Plymouth Rosyth Fife Bristol

Compensation: Competitive Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69767

Shape the Future of Defence Engineering Join Us as a Systems Engineer

About Us

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together. If you join us you can play your part as a Systems Engineer at one of our Babcock sites.

The role

As a Systems Engineer youll have a role thats out of the ordinary. Youll play a vital part in ensuring that complex systems are designed integrated and delivered in line with customer needs operational constraints and project objectives. Your work will directly contribute to the success of major defence programmes supporting national security and global maritime

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your expertise in Systems Engineering while working alongside multidisciplinary teams. Youll gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies and play a key role in shaping solutions that make a real-world impact.

Day-to-day youll have the following responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of requirements artefacts such as specifications and traceability matrices.
• Assist in defining Verification and Validation (V&V) strategies developing test evidence and supporting acceptance activities.
• Participate in internal and external design reviews providing Systems Engineering input across design development and integration stages.
• Collaborate with engineers from other disciplines (mechanical electrical software) to ensure system.

This role is full time and based onsite at either Rosyth Bristol or Devonport.

Essential experience of the Entry Level Systems Engineer:

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Organised and able to prioritise tasks in a project environment.
• Enthusiastic about learning and applying Systems Engineering best.

Qualifications for the Entry Level Systems Engineer:

• Degree-qualified in a STEM subject (Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics) or equivalent practical experience.
• Familiarity with core Systems Engineering concepts such as requirements elicitation requirement decomposition functional analysis and verification.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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 - ().

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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days 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 International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations protect communities and build a better world. To continue we must adapt advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 09/12/2025

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