Job Title: Electronics Engineer - Trainer
Location: Lyneham, Wiltshire
Compensation: £43,764 - £45,848 Dependent on Experience + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70371
Ready to take your career in a new direction?
No prior teaching experience required
At Babcock, we value the deep expertise that comes from hands-on experience and we offer a unique opportunity to channel that knowledge into a rewarding new path. As a Electronics Trainer based at Lyneham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, you’ll step away from the tools and into a role where you’ll shape the next generation of military engineering professionals, sing your practical know-how to coach, guide, and assess learners across the MODs cutting-edge electro-mechanical systems. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact while growing your own career, this could be the perfect next step.
The role
As a Electronics Engineer Trainer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of delivering high-impact technical training to defence personnel. This is a unique opportunity to shape the next generation of engineers in electronics, radar, telecommunications, and avionics systems. Your work will directly support the UK’s operational readiness and national security, while advancing your own career in a dynamic and purpose-driven environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
- Preparing and delivering engaging technical training modules using modern learning technologies
- Collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders across defence schools
- Developing and maintaining course materials, assessments and trainee records
- Participating in quality assurance activities to continuously improve training delivery
- Monitoring trainee progress and providing tailored support and feedback
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Lyneham.
Essential experience of the Electronics Engineer - Trainer:
- Supervisory experience in a technical or engineering environment
- Proven experience in a relevant working environment
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook
Qualifications for the Electronics Engineer - Trainer:
- HNC in a relevant engineering discipline (e.g. General Electronics, Radar, Electronic Control, Telecommunications, or Avionic Systems) or significant experience in the field
- Willingness to complete a Level 4 Certificate in Education and Learning within 12 months of employment.
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 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.
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: 13/05/2026
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