Electrical Design Engineer - Defence & Aerospace Hardware

Omega; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Omega is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer in the defence and aerospace sector to design and develop electrical and electronic hardware for bespoke test systems. You will work in a multidisciplinary project team alongside systems, software, mechanical, production and project engineering colleagues.

The role covers the complete engineering lifecycle, from requirements capture to factory acceptance and customer demonstrations.

Qualifications

• A degree, HNC/HND or equivalent in electronic engineering, electrical engineering or related discipline.
• Relevant experience in electrical or electronic hardware design.
• Sound understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience developing electrical or electronic equipment through the engineering lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyse customer and system requirements to translate into hardware solutions.
• Contribute to requirements capture, feasibility studies and system architecture.
• Design electrical and electronic hardware for test systems.
• Select and integrate instrumentation, power supplies, switching systems and data acquisition equipment.
• Design or support development of bespoke electronic assemblies and PCBs.
• Define interfaces between the test system and unit under test, and produce documentation.
• Support factory acceptance testing, installation, commissioning and customer demonstrations.

Skills

Analogue electronics

Digital electronics

Electronics design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)

Job description

Omega is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer in the defence and aerospace sector to design and develop electrical and electronic hardware for bespoke test systems. You will work in a multidisciplinary project team alongside systems, software, mechanical, production and project engineering colleagues.

The role covers the complete engineering lifecycle, from requirements capture to factory acceptance and customer demonstrations.