Job Details

A Lead Electronics Engineer is required within an Advanced Aerospace and Defence Services Organisation. The Lead Electronics Engineer will join the Software & Electronics team and help drive product development strategy. The role is to support the design and development of products for the Aerospace markets. Skills required include DO-254 Development, Model Based Design, and tools such as Polarion, Matlab, Simulink, Speedgoat, Labview, and Altium 365. Some flexible working with a hybrid model is available. This role is predominantly based in Bristol with occasional travel to client sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for planning, executing, and documenting hardware verification activities in accordance with RTCA/DO‑254 guidelines for airborne electronic hardware.
• Plan, allocate, and oversee technical work packages to meet deliverables within the project schedule.
• Work with the project delivery manager and other technical disciplines (systems, electronic hardware, safety, mechanical, simulation, etc.).
• Provide technical and engineering expertise to deliver DO‑254 projects through to certification.
• Plan, design, specify, verify, and validate electronic systems for electromechanical aerospace systems.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Electronics, Physics, Software, or Mathematics.
• Experience in electronic system architecture design, development, and verification activities.
• Professional attitude and excellent communication skills.
• Flexible, can‑do approach and team collaboration.
• Ability to multi‑task and manage multiple simultaneous engineering requirements.
• Pragmatic and systematic nature; self‑motivated to see tasks through to completion.
• Experience of Aerospace product development on DO‑254 projects.
• Ability to lead the end‑to‑end verification life‑cycle for Electronic Hardware/FPGA/ASIC/PLD or complex electronic hardware in accordance with DO‑254.
• Experience developing and maintaining verification plans, strategies, and compliance.
• Ability to define verification, simulation, analysis, inspection, and hardware testing.
• Coordinate verification activities across internal teams, suppliers, and certification authorities.

Security Clearance: UK Nationals only due to the nature of systems involved.

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