Electronics CAD Designer – Harness & Wiring for UAVs

Matchtech; East Hampshire; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech seeks an Electronics CAD Technician / Cable Assembly Draftsman for a permanent role with an autonomous UAV manufacturer in the UK. You will produce and maintain electrical and harness documentation, ensuring accurate BOMs, part numbers and revision control to support scalable manufacturing.

You’ll collaborate with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers, creating detailed harness drawings, pinouts, and manufacturing packs for build, test and installation, while upholding

Qualifications

• Demonstrable background producing electrical CAD drawings / wiring documentation / cable-harness documentation.
• Competence with SolidWorks Electrical (or comparable electrical CAD tools).
• Strong grasp of schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, cable schedules and BOM structures.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain controlled electrical and harness documentation in SolidWorks Electrical.
• Create detailed cable assembly drawings including routing, shielding, strain relief and labelling requirements.
• Maintain accurate schedules (pinouts, cable lists, wire lists, BOMs) and ensure part numbers/revisions are correct.
• Support prototype builds, investigations and engineering change requests (ECR/ECN).
• Liaise across engineering, purchasing, quality and manufacturing to support the full product lifecycle.
• Maintain configuration-controlled records in document management / PDM systems.

Skills

SolidWorks Electrical

Electrical schematics

Cable/harness documentation

Pinouts / BOMs

Excel

Communication with engineering & shop

Tools

SolidWorks Electrical

Job description

Matchtech seeks an Electronics CAD Technician / Cable Assembly Draftsman for a permanent role with an autonomous UAV manufacturer in the UK. You will produce and maintain electrical and harness documentation, ensuring accurate BOMs, part numbers and revision control to support scalable manufacturing.

You’ll collaborate with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers, creating detailed harness drawings, pinouts, and manufacturing packs for build, test and installation, while upholding