Electronics Design Manager: Lead High-Reliability Hardware

Saab AB; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Workplace pension scheme 8% company

Private medical insurance

Death in service insurance

Share matching scheme

Maternity/Adoption & Paternity leave

Job summary

Saab UK is hiring an Electronics Manager to lead the electronics design and prototyping department in Bedfordshire. You will guide a team of electronic engineers, own hardware designs across projects, and ensure safety-critical development standards are met.

The role requires extensive experience in digital and mixed-signal hardware, Verilog/VHDL, and embedded C/Python, with a track record of delivering complex programmes under tight schedules.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in electronics hardware design across digital and mixed signal systems.
• Significant knowledge in detailed electronics hardware design.
• Detailed understanding of the electronics manufacturing processes.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Process driven, ability to read legislation and implement processes to ensure adherence.
• Experience managing 5+ complex projects/programmes at a time with many stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Guide, manage, and develop a delivery from a team of electronic engineers (10+ staff) across multiple programmes.
• Own and drive the electronic hardware designs for specific projects, implementing full design lifecycle from requirements capture through to production release.
• Lead detailed design activities for digital, mixed-signal, AP and FPGA-based, high-reliability systems.
• Provide expert review and approval of schematics, PCB layouts, component selection, and detailed design documentation.
• Maintain design assurance processes and verification traceability across safety-critical electronics developments.
• Oversee configuration control, Verification and Validation activities.
• Work cross-functionally with Systems Engineering, Software, Mechanical, Test, and Programme Management teams to ensure aligned delivery.
• Support bid development, cost estimation, design planning, and reporting to internal and customer stakeholders.
• Ensure workloads, priorities, project risks, and dependencies are managed effectively to meet schedule commitments.

Skills

Electronics design leadership

Team leadership

Verilog/VHDL

Embedded C

Python

Stakeholder management

Safety-critical development

Tools

Verilog

VHDL

Job description

Saab UK is hiring an Electronics Manager to lead the electronics design and prototyping department in Bedfordshire. You will guide a team of electronic engineers, own hardware designs across projects, and ensure safety-critical development standards are met.

The role requires extensive experience in digital and mixed-signal hardware, Verilog/VHDL, and embedded C/Python, with a track record of delivering complex programmes under tight schedules.