Electronics Team Lead

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. This role will lead electrical and electronic design across full product lifecycle, manage and mentor a team, ensure delivery to cost, time, and quality, and collaborate with customers and cross‑disciplinary teams to uphold standards and drive innovation.

Electronics Team Leader will be based at our Barnstaplesite. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £64k, depending on experience.

• Lead electrical and electronic design and development across the full product lifecycle, ensuring delivery to cost, time, and quality. Provide technical expertise on analogue/digital circuits, PCB design, and electro‑mechanical systems while supporting product manufacturing, installation, and service life.
• Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, reviews, and knowledge sharing. Contribute to company standards, bid preparation, and proposals. Collaborate with cross‑disciplinary teams and customers to ensure compliance with requirements, V&V processes, and industry standards.
• Undertake line management duties, including resource allocation, recruitment support, and team development. Ensure team welfare, tools, and safety compliance. Promote excellence, implement new processes, and empower team members to grow while maintaining environmental, health, and safety responsibilities.

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In‑service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever‑growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on‑the‑ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in‑store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including Linked In learning

Join us and be part of something smaller – with 500 people in the UK and Canada – doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

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