Chief Technologist ISTAR and Cyber

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 Chief Technologist ISTAR and Cyber at our Ashchurch site.

The role

As a Chief Technologist ISTAR and Cyber, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The primary purpose of this role is to provide advanced technical thought leadership across all delivery areas and campaigns within the business – ensuring that we inject the most appropriate technologies to solve our customers’ challenges.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Oversee and ensure the implementation of cutting-edge technology strategies for the Skynet Satcom service.
• Be the lead Technology Advisor to the Space System Design Authority and the lead Technology Advisor for activities across various Government agencies.
• Draw upon experience delivering in our customer domains to provide deep technical guidance and mentorship to assist our engineering teams with implementation of the most appropriate solutions in design and support.
• Conduct Technology Horizon Scanning activities to identify emerging ideas, technologies and trends that could be beneficial to Babcock investigating further.
• Establish a pipeline for new technology adoption that allows new technology opportunities to be briefed to the appropriate stakeholders such that a defined route to market can be identified and prosecuted.
• Identify and participate in technical working groups internally and externally on behalf of Babcock that enhance our external technical presence and reputation as a technology thought leader.
• Contribute to Business Winning activities in support of new opportunities and bidding where required – help to secure our position by offering a robust technical solution and proposal in our tender responses, including via ACNs and CCPs.

This role is full time 37 hours per week and is based on site at Ashchurch site.

Essential experience:

• The ability to inject new technologies into the customer.
• Strong experience within horizon scanning and identifying new technologies.
• Strong experience within SATCOM and RF Engineering.
• Strong experience with end to end (ground segment to space segment) communication systems.

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 Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.

What We Offer:

• 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 the majority of 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 (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 has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world for over a century. 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 contact us 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: 19/06/2025