Electronics Lead Engineer

Pace XL Ltd.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Lunchtime catering on site

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking a Senior Principal Electronics Engineer to take ownership of critical hardware development across our interceptor platform and build the electronics capability required to scale.

You will define electronics architecture, lead analogue, digital and mixed-signal hardware work, drive design decisions and guide PCB design and component selection for high‑reliability aerospace systems.

Qualifications

• Strong background in electronic hardware design and development.
• Experience leading complex product or subsystem development programmes.
• Experience with analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronics.
• PCB design and hardware architecture experience.
• Experience with aerospace, defence, autonomous systems, robotics, space or other high-reliability products.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through difficult technical problems.
• Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Define electronics architecture across interceptor subsystems.
• Lead analogue, digital and mixed-signal hardware development.
• Drive requirements decomposition and hardware design decisions.
• Own hardware technical risk reduction activities.
• Guide PCB design, schematic reviews and component selection.
• Support RF integration and system-level performance optimisation.
• Lead verification, qualification and environmental testing activities.
• Support prototype, manufacturing and production readiness reviews.
• Grow and mentor a team of electronics engineers.
• Establish engineering best practices, review processes and design standards.

Skills

Electronic hardware design

Leadership of complex programs

Analog & digital & mixed-signal

PCB design

High-reliability systems

Root cause analysis

Job description

The Role

We're building a new generation of interceptor products that combine advanced sensors, RF systems, electronics, software, autonomy and guidance technologies to counter these threats.

We're looking for a Senior Principal Electronics Engineer who can take ownership of critical hardware development across our interceptor platform and help build the electronics capability needed to scale.

Responsibilities

• Defining electronics architecture across interceptor subsystems.
• Leading analogue, digital and mixed-signal hardware development.
• Driving requirements decomposition and hardware design decisions.
• Owning hardware technical risk reduction activities.
• Guiding PCB design, schematic reviews and component selection.
• Supporting RF integration and system-level performance optimisation.
• Leading verification, qualification and environmental testing activities.
• Supporting prototype, manufacturing and production readiness reviews.
• Growing and mentoring a team of electronics engineers.
• Establishing engineering best practices, review processes and design standards.

Required Experience

• Strong background in electronic hardware design and development.
• Experience leading complex product or subsystem development programmes.
• Experience with analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronics.
• PCB design and hardware architecture experience.
• Experience working on aerospace, defence, autonomous systems, robotics, space or other high-reliability products.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through difficult technical problems.
• Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.

Desirable Experience

• Aerospace, defence, missile, radar, UAV or space sector experience.
• Experience leading electronics teams within a fast-paced start-up environment.
• Knowledge of FPGA-based systems, RF electronics or signal processing hardware.
• Experience with DO-254, IEC 61508, DEF STAN or similar standards.
• Environmental & EMC qualification to military standards.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme
• Lunchtime catering on site

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low-cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence. We’re building low-cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery. We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds. We’re one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission. If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.