Principal Antenna Design Engineer

Job Title: Principal Antenna Design Engineer
Location: Ashchurch + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63726

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 Principal Antenna Design Engineer at our Ashchurch site.

The role
As a Principal Antenna Design Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. To own and be accountable for delivering the design of ground station satellite tracking solutions and/or associated supporting sub-systems to achieve overall delivery of the mission system intent.

Day-to-day, you'll oversee a small team of engineers producing detailed specifications, overseeing the creation of high-quality designs documentation and other technical deliverables through the lifecycle.

• Derivation of RF System, Sub-System, and component level performance specifications through participating in requirements management, justification, and decomposition for the system. To ensure managing engineering change to systems, providing the relevant traceability back to the requirements, managing interfaces and trade-offs between systems, sub-systems and functions for the overall system.
• Leading technical interactions with suppliers in conjunction with Supply Chain. Contributing to technical interactions with the customer. Leading the development, building, test and trialling of solutions through participating in Validation, Verification, Test and Acceptance activities.
• Supporting Operational Engineering teams with in-service systems, troubleshooting technical faults and problem management. Working with Project Management Teams to ensure projects are delivered in a timely and efficient way to meet internal and Customer needs.
• To be the source of technical expertise in RF antenna systems and associated equipment, including radiation hazards.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Principal Antenna Design Engineer

• Possess strong and proven experience in an antenna design role, working with systems similar to those used in the high-power communications and broadcast industry.
• Knowledge of RF system design.
• Demonstrable System and solution architecture design and delivery experience.
• Demonstrable systems engineering experience across the engineering lifecycle V-Model or equivalent from initial concepts to disposal.
• Have an excellent understanding of satellite ground station infrastructure and be able to either manage the design or advise on the design of such systems.

Qualifications for the Principal Antenna Design Engineer
• HNC/HND or Degree in engineering or demonstrable experience in relevant roles.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be 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 - GOV.UK ().

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 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. There is an annual Window to request this benefit.
• '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.

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.