Principal Systems Integration Engineer in Bristol

Location: Ashton Vale, County + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape the future of integrated defence technology. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Principal Systems Integration Engineer at our Ashton or Babcock Technology Centre site, near Bristol, Gloucestershire. Join a team at the forefront of defence, aerospace and engineering, where innovation meets purpose. In our Mission Systems business, you’ll help deliver cutting‑edge capabilities that support national security and protect what matters most.

The role:

• Lead the integration of complex hardware and software systems, ensuring solutions are delivered at pace and to the highest standards.
• Support bid activities, design development and end‑to‑end delivery lifecycle.
• Coordinate and collaborate with cross‑functional engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Drive engineering governance, standards and quality while resolving technical challenges.
• Oversee and mentor multidisciplinary teams, promoting innovation and continuous improvement.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2‑3 days onsite, potentially to go up to 4‑5 days onsite.

Essential experience:

• Strong experience of integration of hardware and software.
• Experience of BID support.
• Strong stakeholder (both external and internal) management experience.
• Line management experience.

Qualifications:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. To obtain Developed Vetting (DV) in post. 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 allows employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• A dynamic working environment.

Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts – not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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.

Closing date: 05/06/2026