Senior Integrated Product Support Engineer

Location:

Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ

Onsite or Hybrid:
Hybrid

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent | Compensation:
Competitive Salary + Benefits | Role

Shape the future of naval 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 Senior Integrated Product Support Engineer at Ashton Vale, near Bristol.

As a Senior Integrated Product Support Engineer, you’ll play a vital role at the heart of a cutting‑edge Weapons Handling and Launch System programme, supporting the Royal Navy and international customers with advanced engineering solutions. This is an opportunity to apply your expertise across the full lifecycle of complex defence systems ensuring they remain effective, supportable, and mission ready.

You’ll work within our Mission Systems team, collaborating with internal experts and external partners to deliver innovative, high‑impact solutions that directly contribute to national security. This role offers excellent scope for career development, leadership responsibility, and the chance to influence major engineering programmes.

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders (including attendance at Project Meetings) to support delivery of all IPS Products.
• Manage Project delivery to time, cost and quality in accordance with the Project Schedule; report any variances to the Project Manager and Engineering Manager.
• Identify and record all IPS related risks (hardware and software) in the project Risk Register and contribute to determining mitigating actions that can be taken.
• Act as peer reviewer for all IPS Reports and liaise with Chief Engineer for Assurance aspects of all published reports.
• Support the Integrated Product Support Manager and/or Engineering Manager, acting as the Integrated Product Support Manager deputy, representing the ILS function internally and externally. Provide guidance and reviews to peers and subordinates.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

• A good understanding of cross domain and cross boundary requirements development and interface control.
• Determining and managing stakeholder requirements, life cycle tailoring, verification, validation and transition to operation.
• Understanding of accreditation processes for COTS and bespoke software.

• HNC/HND within engineering or equivalent relevant experience.

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

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.

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year to undertake volunteering work with their chosen 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

We’re Babcock, a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

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 car 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.