Design Engineer in Walsall

Shape the future of defence and engineering through innovative vehicle design. 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 Design Engineer at our Walsall site, near Walsall, West Midlands.

The role:

• As a Design Engineer, you’ll be accountable for delivering accurate, safe and efficient designs that meet clearly defined requirements.
• You will play a key role in creating innovative and functional vehicle conversions, owning the design journey from early concept through to production and in service support.

Day to day you’ll be required to:

• Design and develop vehicle systems and conversions from concept through to validated, production ready solutions.
• Produce detailed 2D and 3D CAD models and associated technical documentation.
• Support performance analysis, testing, validation and troubleshooting activities.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver against cost, quality and schedule requirements.
• Apply engineering standards, processes and best practice to ensure safe and compliant designs.

The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 17:00, Friday 08:00 to 13:00, totalling 39 hours per week.

Essential experience:

• Experience working within an automotive or vehicle focused engineering environment.
• Strong technical understanding of engineering standards, processes, components and design techniques.
• Proven ability to plan, prioritise and deliver work to project deadlines.
• Well developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving capability.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified in an engineering related subject or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and NPPV1 security clearance for this role.

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 shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock 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.

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 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.