Electronics Engineer - End-to-End Defence Systems

SII Group UK; Reading; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension 6% plus 6% salary-sac

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

25 days annual leave

Sick pay 5 days

Cycle to Work

TechScheme

Udemy learning platform

Job summary

SII Group UK is seeking an Electronics Engineer to design and develop cutting-edge electronic systems for defence and security platforms. You will work across the full product lifecycle and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to drive innovation and hands-on engineering.

This role offers a supportive environment with career development opportunities, collaboration with a skilled team, and access to training and benefits such as pension, private medical insurance, life assurance, income

Qualifications

• Experience of electronic design throughout the full product lifecycle.
• Experience designing electronic circuits and PCB-based hardware.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Altium Designer, or similar.
• Experience of hardware integration, board bring-up, debugging, and verification testing.
• Knowledge of EMC/EMI principles and electronic product development within a structured engineering environment.
• Experience producing technical specifications, requirements, and design documentation.
• Good understanding of engineering processes and development lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex electronic circuits and systems from concept through to qualification.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop optimal technical solutions.
• Ensure products meet technical, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to the development of the wider electronics team through mentoring, peer reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Produce technical specifications, architectures, and verification plans.
• Support bids and projects with technical expertise and cost estimates.
• Present engineering solutions and technical progress at design reviews.
• Monitor progress against project cost, schedule, and performance objectives.

Skills

Full lifecycle design

PCB design

Schematic capture tools

Hardware bring-up

EMC/EMI knowledge

Technical documentation

Engineering processes

Tools

Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Altium Designer

Job description

SII Group UK is seeking an Electronics Engineer to design and develop cutting-edge electronic systems for defence and security platforms. You will work across the full product lifecycle and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to drive innovation and hands-on engineering.

This role offers a supportive environment with career development opportunities, collaboration with a skilled team, and access to training and benefits such as pension, private medical insurance, life assurance, income