via Reed · 18 September 2026 ·2 days ago

Electronic Design Engineer

Matchtech
Hampshire Full-time
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Senior Electronics Engineer - Permanent - Hampshire (hybrid/on-site)
A Hampshire-based aerospace business is looking for a Senior Electronics Engineer to lead hands-on design and development of avionics electronics for an unmanned aircraft platform. You'll own designs from first principles through prototype build, qualification, and support into production - working closely with systems, software, mechanical and manufacturing teams.

What you'll be doing • Design & develop avionics electronics (analog, digital and power) for aerospace hardware

  • Take designs from concept to product: robust, scalable, mass-producible and cost-optimised

  • Support qualification / certification activities to standards such as DO-160 / DO-254 and associated test regimes

  • Work with compliance/regulatory needs (including SORA) and environmental qualification (e.g. IP68 style requirements)

  • Support integration, field trials and flight test activities (UAVs and subsystem prototypes)

  • Partner with manufacturing on production support, troubleshooting and continuous improvement

  • Contribute to R&D workstreams advancing platform capability

What they're looking for • Degree: 2:1 or above in a STEM discipline
  • Strong practical experience across electronics design, prototyping, and productisation

  • Experience in some/all of: • SPICE modelling / simulation

  • Component selection + schematic capture

  • Multi-layer PCB design for high-reliability applications

  • EMC/EMI-aware design techniques

  • Altium Designer (preferred, not essential)

  • Useful / nice-to-have: • Embedded C/C++ (ideally STM32 or similar)

  • Python (or scripting) for tooling, test, automation

  • Hands-on skills: soldering, cable assembly, prototype bring-up

  • UAV / flight-test exposure


Personal attributes • Strong problem-solving, comfortable delivering under pressure
  • Clear communicator with good documentation and stakeholder management

  • Proactive, organised, happy to lead multidisciplinary activity

  • Interest in aviation/autonomy and advanced aerospace tech

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