Senior Electronics Engineer

Our client, a leading firm in the Defence and Security sector, is currently seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer for a contract position in Marlow. The Avionics Business Unit is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting a variety of products including Search & Rescue Direction Finders, Emergency Services Air to Ground Radios, and GNSS Anti-Jam equipment.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to apply extensive knowledge of electronics circuit design and development within a high-impact industry. You will engage with customers, support meetings, and participate in systems integration and product verification/validation trials.

• Take ownership for the design and development of electronic sub-systems for the aerospace and defence market.
• Deliver project tasks to schedule, cost and quality while adhering to internal processes and best practice.
• Research, design, develop and prototype electronic solutions in support of product development.
• Characterise, test and down-select components for performance and cost.
• Schematic capture of mixed signal circuit design (Analogue, RF, and Digital) using Altium or similar.
• Test, characterisation and verification of prototype designs.
• Circuit simulation using LT Spice, Agilent ADS.
• Develop, write, and deploy software to aid evaluation of electronic devices or automate test equipment using C# or similar.
• Provide inputs to ensure designs meet requirements for manufacture utilising DFx and/or lean concepts.
• Use laboratory equipment such as VNAs, RF Spectrum Analyser, and Oscilloscopes to conduct measurements.
• Prepare documentation such as Technical Reports, Production Test Schedules etc.

• Experience in electronics design, testing, integration, and engineering.
• Good knowledge of current RF technologies, including low noise receiver design, PLL/Synthesisers, and digital attenuators.
• Understanding of RF Antenna Systems and Phase Array Antennas.
• Knowledge of GPS and its potential vulnerabilities is advantageous.
• Familiarity with common interface busses such as SPI, I2C, and PMBus.
• Proficiency in current high-speed digital technologies, including CPLD, Microprocessor, FPGA, and DDR Memory.
• Experience of deriving and capturing system level requirements.
• Experience in Project life-cycle delivery from bids to operations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience of design or manufacturing within the aviation industry is advantageous.

• Team working ability and drive to deliver on time.
• C experience in an embedded environment.
• Experience with embedded processors and real-time operating systems.
• Proficiency in interfacing with hardware devices and peripherals.
• Solid understanding of software development life-cycles and processes.
• Experience of requirement analysis, software design and software architecture.
• Experience with source control tools such as SubVersion and Git.
• Self-starting, adaptable problem-solver.
• C++ experience and Object-Oriented Design is desirable.
• Familiarity with GUI/event-based design and issue-tracking tools such as Jira is beneficial.
• Knowledge of DO-178 and releasing software to production is advantageous.

If you are a skilled electronics engineer looking to contribute to exciting and challenging projects within the Defence and Security sector, we would love to hear from you.