Job Title: Vehicle Electronics Engineer
Location: Walsall, West Midlands + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £40,000 - £54,000 Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF72378
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 Vehicle Electronics Engineer at our Walsall site.
The role
As a Vehicle Electronics Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of advancing military technology and modernising defence systems. This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge electronic systems for Commercial, Defence, and Military Vehicles making a real impact on national security and innovation.
Day-to-day, you’ll take ownership of designing and integrating advanced electronic systems into military and commercial vehicles, bringing innovation to life and ensuring mission-critical performance.
- Designing and developing electronic systems for a range of vehicles
- Integrating components and systems into vehicle platforms
- Preparing detailed technical documentation and specifications
- Ensuring compliance with industry and military standards
- Collaborating with Stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Vehicle Electronics Engineer:
- Strong understanding of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Experience with embedded systems and real-time operating systems
- Familiarity with CAN Bus, Ethernet, and other vehicle communication protocols
- Knowledge of 230V, 24V, and 12V system design and integration
- Understanding of Military Standards (preferred)
Qualifications for the Vehicle Electronics Engineer:
- Degree qualified in Electrical, Electronic or related Engineering discipline
- Ideally working towards professional membership with a recognised engineering institution
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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 (www.gov.uk).
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 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 UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘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.
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.
Closing date: 10/04/2026
