Avionics Manager

Aalto Haps Ltd.; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Income protection and life assurance

Perkbox employee discounts

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

AALTO HAPS, a Farnborough-based Airbus subsidiary, is seeking an Avionics Manager to lead and develop the avionics team, oversee design, development, and integration of avionics subsystems for Zephyr, and ensure safety, performance, and regulatory compliance.

You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, participate in recruiting, coordinate with manufacturing, systems, software, and maintenance, and manage programmes to deliver on-time results.

Qualifications

• Extensive avionics experience in a regulated industry.
• Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams.
• Ability to take ownership of technical problems and drive solutions.
• Experience guiding junior engineers and mentoring staff.
• Strong decision-making and autonomous working style.
• Experience contributing to engineering processes and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily activities of the avionics team and ensure delivery of team goals.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers; drive skills development.
• Participate in recruiting to grow the team.
• Oversee design, development, and integration of avionics subsystems for Zephyr.
• Manage development programmes within the avionics team, ensuring on-time delivery and quality.
• Act as the design/technical authority for avionics, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, line maintenance, systems and software teams for seamless integration.

Skills

Avionics experience

Team leadership

Regulated industry

Technical leadership

Job description

Avionics Manager

2026-10-17T00:00:00

South East England

South East England

GB

KT19 8GY

Any

AALTO HAPS

2026-11-17T10:00:09.573

Location: Farnborough

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 37 - Hybrid

Travel: No

About AALTO

AALTO, a global leader in Stratospace, is based in Farnborough. As an Airbus subsidiary, it manufactures, operates, and delivers services with its solar-powered, stratospheric platform: Zephyr. Zephyr's persistence enables continuous flight for months at a time, with a current flight-time record of over 67 days in the stratosphere. From above 60,000+ft, or 20km above ground, AALTO can deliver several applications including direct-to-device connectivity and high-resolution Earth observation. Operating in a new layer between most air traffic and low-Earth orbit, Stratospace, Zephyr delivers services to commercial and government partners to monitor environments, observe borders, track natural disasters, and connect unconnected communities.

Join Us

Become part of a highly-skilled, innovative, and passionate team – Team AALTO – as we create a new domain of aerospace: Stratospace.

Role Overview

We are seeking an Avionics Manager to support our expanding engineering operations. You will be responsible for leading, motivating, and managing the day-to-day activities of the avionics team. Acting as the avionics authority, you will collaborate with other disciplines and managers across the business. You will support the creation and manufacture of avionics devices in-house.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead the daily activities of the avionics team, ensuring the delivery of team goals.
• Skills Development: Develop team members' personal and professional skills, mentoring and coaching junior engineers.
• Team Growth: Participate in recruiting efforts to expand the team.
• Technical Leadership: Be accountable for the design, development, and integration of avionics sub-systems for Zephyr.
• Programme Ownership: Manage development programmes within the avionics team, ensuring on-time delivery and quality standards.
• Design Authority: Serve as the technical authority for avionics, ensuring compliance with safety, performance, and regulatory requirements.
• Cross-functional Coordination: Provide clear demand to the wider engineering team, collaborating with manufacturing, line maintenance, systems, and software teams for seamless integration.

Skills and Knowledge

• Extensive avionics experience in a regulated industry
• Significant hands-on avionics experience
• Ability to take ownership of technical problems and resolve them successfully
• Leadership capability with mentoring and guiding junior engineers
• Ability to operate with autonomy and make sound engineering decisions
• Experience contributing to continuous improvement activities and engineering processes

Benefits

• Market-aligned salary with rewarding short-term incentives
• 25 days of holiday
• Private medical insurance, dental, and optical cash back
• Personal pension plan
• Income protection and life assurance schemesDisounted vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee assistance programme
• Employee discounts via Perkbox