Electronic Design Engineer

Matchtech; East Hampshire; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer in Hampshire to lead hands‑on design and development of avionics for an unmanned aircraft platform. You will own designs from first principles through prototype build, qualification and into production, collaborating with systems, software and manufacturing teams.

The role focuses on analogue/digital/power electronics, high‑reliability PCB layouts, and certification to DO‑160/DO‑254.

Qualifications

• Degree: 2:1 or above in a STEM discipline.
• Strong practical experience across electronics design, prototyping and productisation.
• Experience in SPICE modelling/simulation and high‑reliability PCB design.
• Familiarity with EMC/EMI-aware design and DO-160/DO-254 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop avionics electronics (analogue, digital and power) for aerospace hardware.
• Take designs from concept to product with robustness and cost-optimisation.
• Support qualification/certification activities to DO-160/DO-254 and related tests.
• Collaborate with manufacturing for production support and continuous improvement.
• Support integration, field trials and flight tests (UAVs).
• Contribute to R&D workstreams advancing platform capability.

Skills

Electronics design

Prototype development

Productisation

Altium Designer

SPICE modelling

EMC/EMI design

Schematic capture

Embedded C/C++

Education

Degree: 2:1 or above in STEM

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

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