Electronics Team Lead: Hands-On Design & Tech Leadership

Owen Daniels; Devon and Torbay; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working 2 days from home

Job summary

Owen Daniels is seeking an Electronics Team Lead to provide technical leadership across the full product lifecycle while mentoring a talented team of engineers. The role combines hands‑on electronics design with strategic oversight to shape future technologies in defence and maritime sectors.

You will lead analogue and digital design, PCB layout, and electro‑mechanical systems, collaborating with Mechanical, Systems, Software and Manufacturing teams to deliver complex engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in analogue and digital electronic design.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring or managing engineers.
• Good understanding of verification & validation (V&V), configuration management and IPC standards.
• Experience in defence, aerospace, maritime or other highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical and electronic design across the full product lifecycle.
• Provide technical expertise in analogue and digital circuit design, PCB layout (Altium) and electro‑mechanical systems.
• Mentor, coach and develop a team of Electronics Engineers through technical guidance and design reviews.
• Manage team resources, support recruitment and contribute to engineering capability development.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and customers to ensure designs meet technical and compliance requirements.
• Support verification and validation activities, configuration management and industry standards.
• Contribute to bids, proposals and engineering estimates.
• Drive continuous improvement and promote engineering best practice.

Skills

Analogue design

Digital design

Leadership

Mentoring

V&V

Configuration management

IPC standards

Defence sector

Aerospace/Maritime

Tools

Altium

Job description

Owen Daniels is seeking an Electronics Team Lead to provide technical leadership across the full product lifecycle while mentoring a talented team of engineers. The role combines hands‑on electronics design with strategic oversight to shape future technologies in defence and maritime sectors.

You will lead analogue and digital design, PCB layout, and electro‑mechanical systems, collaborating with Mechanical, Systems, Software and Manufacturing teams to deliver complex engineering solutions.