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Satellite Communications Engineer

Babcock International -
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Permanent | Full-time

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension

Qualifications

Driving Licence
Driving
NVQ

Full job description

Satellite Communications Engineer

Location: Swindon, GB, SN14 8QY

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Satellite Communications Engineer

Location: Colerne, Chippenham

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF72258

Keep the UK’s secure satellite communications always on.

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Satellite Communications Engineer at Colerne, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.

You’ll be part of our Mission Systems team helping to operate and support secure satellite communications that the UK’s Armed Forces rely on work that underpins national security and delivers real‑world impact.

The Role

The Satellite Communications Engineer is an integral part of the escalation team for the Satellite Communications Network, where you will be required to complete both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance tasks as part of a team providing solutions to complex engineering problems

Day-to-day, you’ll:

Complete routine and scheduled maintenance in line with work orders, maintenance schedules, and support documentation.
Drive reactive maintenance activities and contribute to continuous improvement.
Report, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve system alarms and anomalies.
Produce comprehensive fault reports and accurately record all maintenance activities.
Work closely with stakeholders and operational support teams to ensure the delivery of satellite and communication services.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on-site at Colerne, with opportunity for flexible working.

Essential experience of the Satellite Communications Engineer:

A technical background (electronics, engineering, networking, or similar)
Experience fixing and maintaining communications or network equipment
Strong organisational and workload‑prioritisation skills, with the ability to work autonomously.
Understanding and experience of maintaining high‑power RF (Radio Frequency) transmission and antenna systems.
Comfortable with cables, antennas, and technical fault‑finding

Qualifications for the Satellite Communications Engineer:

NVQ Level 3 or above in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (or relevant equivalent experience).
Full UK driving licence.

Security Clearance

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. 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 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
A dynamic working environment
These benefits reflect our purpose‑driven culture and commitment to meaningful careers.

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 [email protected] 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: 18/06/2026

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