Babcock International Group
Senior Systems Engineer
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Senior Systems Engineer
Senior Systems Engineer
Location: Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire (Hybrid Working Arrangement) Role Type: Full-Time / Permanent Role ID: SF72936 Compensation: Attractive salary + benefits
Shape the Future of Nuclear Engineering
At Cavendish Nuclear, we are dedicated to creating a safe and secure world—together. Join us as a Senior Systems Engineer and contribute directly to a major, long-term nuclear programme based in either Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire.
The Role
In this impactful Senior Systems Engineer position, your responsibilities will span across critical aspects of systems engineering in complex programmes:
- Lead and direct systems engineering activities targeting high-impact outcomes
- Assign tasks and oversee project delivery by a team of systems engineers
- Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering capability growth
- Deliver hands-on work in requirements engineering, system architecture, and integration
- Steer and participate in technical and design reviews with key stakeholders
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This is a full-time role (37 hrs/week) with flexible hybrid working options.
Essential Qualifications & Experience
Experience
You must demonstrate:
- Strong systems engineering expertise, including:
- Requirements engineering
- System architecture
- Integration, verification, and validation
- Leadership in mentoring engineers within engineering teams
- Experience working on multidisciplinary engineering programmes
- Capability to review technical outputs and lead engineering/design reviews
- Application of full-lifecycle systems engineering
Education & Certification
- Degree in Engineering or equivalent professional experience
- Chartered Engineer status (or commitment to pursuing chartership) is desirable
Security Clearance
- Must achieve and maintain a Security Check (SC) level clearance (UK-based).
What We Offer
Work with geological meaning while benefiting from:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched pension scheme with life assurance
- Digital GP, health checks, and nutritional consultations (via Aviva DigiCare+)
- Employee share scheme, shopping savings portals
- Payment of professional fees
- Reservist support: 10 days paid special leave
- Holiday Trading: unfairly buy/sell holiday leave when open (Feb–Mar)
- "Be Kind Day": One paid day annually for volunteering
- ** Excellent career development opportunities**, including:
- Mental health, financial, and wellbeing support via employee assistance programmes
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About Cavendish Nuclear
We are part of Babcock International Group—a collective of c5,000 specialists working across clean energy, defence, and decomissioning.
Your work will underpin energy security and national protection, while safeguarding your work-life balance.
We are a Disability Confident Employer: Request flexibility or reasonable adjustments by contacting careers@babcockinternational.com (subject: "Reasonable adjustments requirement").
Closing date: 07/07/2026
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