Principal Electronics Engineer

Protecting What Matters. Powering The Future Of Naval Technology.

Ultra Maritime is a global leader in advanced maritime defence solutions. We operate at the forefront of innovation, delivering technologies that protect lives, secure nations, and enable a safer, more sustainable world.

As a Principal Electronics Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in guiding engineering delivery, developing technical capability, and ensuring high standards across the Electronic and Electrical discipline. You will work closely with engineering leadership, project teams, and domain specialists to advance our technical capabilities and deliver reliable, mission‑critical solutions.

• Contribute to the definition, development, and implementation of reliable, high‑integrity electronics for defence and aerospace applications, including digital, analogue, mixed‑signal, and power electronics.
• Support architectural development and detailed design activities, including schematic capture, PCB layout input, hardware prototyping, and qualification support.

• Lead or participate in design reviews (PDR, CDR, etc.) to ensure compliance with performance, environmental, EMC/EMI, and safety requirements typical of defence and aerospace environments.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet quality expectations, certification requirements, and customer standards.

• Promote Design for Cost, Test, Manufacture, Support, and Reliability across all design activities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, production, and systems engineering to optimise design robustness and manufacturability.

• Provide day‑to‑day technical leadership to engineers across the Electronic and Electrical discipline.
• Mentor junior and senior engineers, support professional registration pathways, and help build a high‑performance, inclusive engineering culture.

• Contribute to the evolution of engineering processes, tools, and governance frameworks.
• Drive improvements in design quality, engineering discipline maturity, and adherence to high technical standards.

• Support recruitment, induction, and development activities to strengthen team capabilities.
• Help identify future skill needs and contribute to capability development plans aligned with business growth.

• Work closely with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Production, and Programme Management teams to ensure aligned and integrated engineering delivery.
• Contribute to technical elements of bids, proposals, and customer engagements.

• Provide technical oversight across project phases, ensuring risks, issues, dependencies, and engineering priorities are clearly understood and managed.
• Support compliance with export controls, safety standards, and defence accreditation requirements.

We are seeking a collaborative technical leader with strong domain knowledge and experience delivering complex electronic solutions within aerospace or defence environments.

• Advanced Design Expertise:
  Demonstrable experience delivering complex, multi‑layer board designs with some of the following technologies for demanding environments – FPGA / microprocessor‑based systems, high‑reliability power supplies, signal conditioning circuits.
• Leadership:
  Builds trust and fosters inclusive, psychologically safe teams. Recognised for mentoring engineering talent and promoting diversity of thought, encouraging professional growth and recognises individual contributions.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Strong interpersonal skills. Confident in representing internal and external stakeholder interests, especially in customer‑focused environments.
• Innovation‑Focused:
  Advocates for continuous improvement and encourages creativity across teams.
• Operational and Governance Excellence:
  Organised and quality focused. Ensures robust processes and timely delivery across multiple priorities.
• Resilience and Adaptability:
  Able to work…