Job Description
The Electronics Engineer will support the design, development, integration, and testing of electronics and avionics systems used within uncrewed systems programmes. The role involves working across the full product lifecycle—from clean-sheet requirements capture through to in-service support—within small, multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering safety-critical and operationally demanding platforms.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and contribute to end-to-end electronic and avionics design activities, including requirements definition, schematic design, PCB layout, manufacture, assembly support, and testing.
* Design multilayer PCBs incorporating power, analogue, digital, and mixed-signal circuitry with appropriate grounding, shielding, and EMC considerations.
* Produce high-quality schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer, including component selection, library management, stack-up definition, and controlled-impedance routing.
* Design, analyse, and validate power conversion and power-conditioning circuits, including DC-DC converters, linear regulators, protection, filtering, and transient suppression.
* Support hardware integration activities, including bench testing, fault-finding, and environmental or operational testing.
* Work closely with systems, mechanical, and software engineers to ensure robust subsystem and system-level designs.
* Support design for manufacture, assembly, and test, working directly with manufacturing partners and suppliers.
* Contribute to technical documentation, design reviews, and configuration control.
* Manage multiple tasks and projects concurrently, prioritising effectively to meet programme milestones.
Skills and Experience
Essential
* Degree (or equivalent experience) in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.
* Proven experience in PCB schematic capture and layout for complex electronic systems.
* Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
* Experience designing power management and power conversion circuits.
* Hands-on experience with electronics testing, debugging, and fault diagnosis.
* Ability to translate system-level requirements into robust hardware designs.
* Comfortable working across multiple projects in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Desirable
* Experience in aerospace, avionics, defence, or other safety-critical industries.
* Knowledge of EMI/EMC mitigation techniques and compliance considerations.
* Experience with environmental, vibration, or thermal testing.
* Familiarity with regulated or certified engineering environments.