Security Clearance: Must be eligible for UK SC Clearance
A rapidly growing engineering and technology business within the Defence sector is seeking a Principal (Lead) Electronics Design Engineer to join its expanding product development team.
This is a hands-on leadership role offering the opportunity to take ownership of electronic design activities across a portfolio of cutting-edge unmanned and autonomous systems. You'll provide technical direction, mentor a growing team of engineers, and play a key role in delivering innovative products from concept through to production.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead electronic design and development activities across multiple programmes.
- Manage, coach and mentor a team of electronics engineers.
- Own the technical delivery of electronic systems, PCB designs and subsystem development.
- Support architecture definition, component selection, testing, integration and production readiness.
- Work closely with mechanical, systems and embedded software teams to deliver robust products.
- Drive engineering best practice, quality standards and technical governance across projects.
- Support troubleshooting, fault finding and design improvements throughout the product lifecycle.
Required Experience
- Strong background in electronic engineering, circuit design and PCB development.
- Experience leading engineering teams within a product development environment.
- Knowledge of embedded systems and microcontrollers such as STM32 or similar.
- Experience with power electronics, battery management, communications interfaces and sensor integration.
- Understanding of RF systems, datalinks and communication protocols including CAN, UART, I2C and PWM.
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and technical leadership skills.
Desirable Experience
- Defence, aerospace, UAV/UAS, robotics or other highly regulated industries.
- Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership.
- Experience designing products for harsh operating environments.
- Familiarity with environmental and military standards.
- Experience within fast-paced R&D, technology start-up or innovation-led environments.
What's on Offer?
- Direct influence over product development and technical strategy.
- Opportunity to work on advanced defence and autonomous technologies.
- Exposure to the full product lifecycle from concept through to deployment.
- Significant scope for personal growth and career progression.
- A collaborative and highly innovative engineering environment where ideas can quickly become reality.
