Lead Communication Engineer

The role

As a Lead Communication Engineer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Using your developed skills in systems design, you’ll develop radio frequency technologies. 

From high frequency beyond line of site communications, which allow up-to-date tactical pictures of the battlespaces to be shared to allow our armed forces to make better decisions, to SW, HW, and much more.  

Day-to-day, within the design team, you’ll own the system design and provide in-depth technical expertise, collaborate with SMEs, and have oversight of a small team of engineers producing detailed specifications, designs and other technical deliverables. You will also:

• Generate detailed specifications, designs and other technical deliverables
• Lead engineering and system design delivery, collaborating with other SMEs and contribute to requirements management, justification, and decomposition.
• Lead Operational Engineering teams with in-service systems, troubleshooting technical faults and problem management.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home. Typically, once a month there will be a requirement to go to neighbouring Babcock sites such as Bristol, Harrogate, or Corsham. Flexibility requirements can be discussed with the hiring manager separately.

Essential experience of the Lead Communication Engineer

Experience or transferable knowledge from similar systems, such as: 

• Voice and data traffic handling, Network switching systems 
• Network switching systems 
• VCCS (Voice Communications Control System) 
• ICCS (Integrated Communications Control System)
• System development and/or application of engineering change experience
• Awareness in application of Baseband technologies 

Qualifications for the Lead Communication Engineer

Ideally, you will have either a degree or HNC/HND or equivalent in Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering. 

Applications with significant demonstrable experience are also welcome.

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.

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• 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.