Senior Human Factors Engineer

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Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Human Factors Engineer

Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65477

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 Senior Human Factors Engineer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The Role

As aSenior Human Factors Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is a unique opportunity to influence the design and integration of systems that are vital to national defence, ensuring they are intuitive, safe, and effective for the people who operate and maintain them.

Day-to-day, you'll join our growing team, supporting the development of communication systems, weapon systems, and other complex, safety-critical technologies.

• Lead and deliver Human Factors Integration (HFI) activities across multiple high-profile defence programmes.
• Apply human-centred design principles to ensure systems are operable, maintainable, and safe.
• Conduct task analysis, workload assessments, usability evaluations, and human error analysis.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, designers, and end-users to shape system requirements and interfaces.
• Support safety cases and regulatory compliance through robust HF evidence and documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the development of HF capability within the business.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires travel across a range of Babcock sites across the UK when the business demands alongside home working arrangements.

Essential Experience of the Senior Human Factors Engineer

• Proven experience of applying HF principles and methods in defence, aerospace, or similarly complex domains.
• Familiarity with defence standards (e.g., DEF STAN 00-251, JSP 912) and HFI frameworks.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications for the Senior Human Factors Engineer

• Degree in Human Factors, Ergonomics, Psychology, or a related discipline.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 ()

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 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• A relocation package for those outside of the region

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.

Closing Date: 09/07/2025