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 ExperienceEssential
- 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.