Automotive Electronics Technician

As an Automotive Electronics Technician, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. This is a hands on role where automotive engineering and electronics come together. You will work across the full lifecycle, from system integration through to testing and fault resolution. Along the way, you will grow your technical capability, strengthen your experience in defence engineering, and open the door to long term development within a global organisation. Day to day you'll:

• Design and integrate vehicle electronic systems including power distribution, control units, communications and sensors
• Test electronic systems in laboratory environments and on completed vehicles to ensure performance and reliability
• Diagnose faults, resolve technical issues and improve overall system performance
• Produce clear technical documentation and ensure systems meet regulatory, safety and military standards
• Work closely with engineers, technicians and wider teams to deliver effective vehicle solutions
The role is based onsite at Walsall, and the set working times are Monday to Friday with an early finish on Fridays, totalling 39 hours per week. Overtime is also available.


• Time served experience in automotive electronics, electrical or electronic engineering
• Experience working as an automotive or electronic technician
• A strong automotive technical background or hands on vehicle electronics experience
• Proven capability in power, control and electronic systems
• Experience fault finding and supporting system integration activities, We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you., The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and NPPV2 security clearance for this role.
  
  At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Automotive Electronics Technician at our Walsall site, near Birmingham, West Midlands., 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.

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