Electronics Design Lead

Overview

Location: Stevenage or Bristol

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Electronic Design Lead to join a leading UK defence organisation developing next-generation digital hardware for advanced defence systems. This role is ideal for an experienced electronics engineer looking to take ownership of complex hardware designs while progressing towards a recognised technical leadership position.

Working on cutting-edge technologies including high-speed digital electronics, MPSoC FPGAs and AI-enabled hardware, you'll collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop innovative solutions for demanding real-world applications.

• Lead the design and development of complex high-speed digital electronic hardware.
• Define robust hardware architectures alongside systems, software, firmware, mechanical and manufacturing teams.
• Drive electronics design activities throughout the full product development lifecycle.
• Support technical decision-making and ensure designs meet performance, reliability and customer requirements.
• Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Produce high-quality technical documentation and support design reviews.

• Knowledge of MPSoC FPGAs, DDR memory, Flash memory and high-speed interfaces.
• Experience with signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) analysis.
• Programming experience with VHDL and either C, C++ or Python for hardware bring-up and debugging.
• Understanding of DSP concepts, signal processing or sensor technologies would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead technical collaboration across engineering disciplines.

• Salary of £58,000 - £65,000 depending on experience.
• Performance bonus of up to 21%.
• Employer pension contributions up to 14%.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Clear long-term technical career progression towards Technical Lead, Specialist and Expert pathways.
• Enhanced family leave.
• Excellent on-site facilities including gym, café, subsidised meals and free parking.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work on some of the UK's most advanced electronic systems while building a long-term career as a recognised technical expert within a highly respected engineering organisation.

For further information feel free to reach me at , or simply apply!