Job Title: Software Engineer
Location: Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time/Permanent
Role ID: SF56904

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 Software Engineer at our Bristol site.

The Role
As a Software Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Joining our Land CEMA focus area within Babcock Mission Systems to support the delivery of Synthetic Environments into our in-service projects.

Day-to-day, you'll be delivering software input regarding synthetic environments into a variety of tendering opportunities, all whilst leading a development team to deliver against the requirements of successfully bid opportunities:

• Initially building simulation/emulation software and environments working with simple sensor data.
• As the programme matures, increasing environment complexity, working with multi-discipline teams to create pan Open System Interconnect (OSI) model synthetic environments, capable of testing the system at all layers.
• Understanding and reporting on software delivery timescales and risk for synthetic environment activities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Bristol Business Park in Stoke Gifford, on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential Experience of the Software Engineer

• Successful delivery of synthetic software environments to model/simulate complex sensor systems.
• Knowledge/experience of developing/modelling/simulating software in at least one of the following areas: RF telecommunications, waveforms, OSI model, SIGINT, EW.
• Agile development methodologies.
• C#, C, C+, Python and Database architecture.

Qualifications for the Software Engineer
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 a sole UK national who is 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. 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
• 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
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Autonomy to perform the role.
• 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'. 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.