Electronics Team Lead

SEA Ltd; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology company in Barnstaple is seeking an Electronics Team Leader to manage electrical and electronic design across the full product lifecycle. You will lead a team, ensuring delivery to cost and quality standards while mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams. This role offers flexible working arrangements, generous rewards, and excellent career opportunities in an innovative environment focused on protecting what matters.

Benefits

25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell

Private medical health insurance

Group Pension Plan with up to 7% employer contribution

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Discounts portal

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical and electronic design across full product lifecycle.
• Proven ability to manage and mentor a technical team.
• Strong knowledge of analogue/digital circuits and PCB design.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical and electronic design and development across all stages.
• Mentor and support engineers in technical aspects.
• Oversee line management duties related to team welfare and development.

Skills

Lead electrical design

Mentoring engineers

Technical expertise on circuits

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. This role will lead electrical and electronic design across full product lifecycle, manage and mentor a team, ensure delivery to cost, time, and quality, and collaborate with customers and cross‑disciplinary teams to uphold standards and drive innovation.

Electronics Team Leader will be based at our Barnstaplesite. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £64k, depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead electrical and electronic design and development across the full product lifecycle, ensuring delivery to cost, time, and quality. Provide technical expertise on analogue/digital circuits, PCB design, and electro‑mechanical systems while supporting product manufacturing, installation, and service life.
• Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, reviews, and knowledge sharing. Contribute to company standards, bid preparation, and proposals. Collaborate with cross‑disciplinary teams and customers to ensure compliance with requirements, V&V processes, and industry standards.
• Undertake line management duties, including resource allocation, recruitment support, and team development. Ensure team welfare, tools, and safety compliance. Promote excellence, implement new processes, and empower team members to grow while maintaining environmental, health, and safety responsibilities.

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In‑service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever‑growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on‑the‑ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:

Work life balance

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal - online and in‑store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

Join us and be part of something smaller – with 500 people in the UK and Canada – doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you’d like to know more, please reach out to us on [e-mail].