Hardware Development Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Bolton; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Hardware Development Engineer focused on next-gen Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles in Bolton. This hands-on role offers unique opportunities to see your designs in action while working collaboratively with various engineering disciplines. Alongside a competitive salary, enjoy robust benefits, training, and a trajectory for growth in a rapidly expanding field.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Enhanced parental leave

Flexible hours

Pension matched up to 6%

Qualifications

• Electronics engineer with design skills and experience in digital electronics.
• Calm under pressure and collaborative with teams.
• Experience in debugging power systems.

Responsibilities

• Design core electronics that power UAVs including schematics and PCBs.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software, and systems teams.
• Engage in hands-on engineering activities.

Skills

Electronics design

Soldering

Prototyping

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering

Job description

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Hardware Development Engineer, Bolton, Greater Manchester

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Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

Hardware Development Engineer (Electronics) – Salisbury (Onsite) – £50,000

Join a growing engineering team designing the systems behind next-generation Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles. These aircraft are already out there mapping deforestation and serving classified defence projects that push the edge of innovation.

Why Join?

• You’ll see your work in flight: no endless product development cycles here. Your designs will end up in the air.
• Hands-on innovation: this is real engineering. Soldering, prototyping, problem solving — all part of the job.
• A business on the rise: with significant investment and a growing platform of civil and military UAV projects, now is the time to get involved.
• Room to grow: with training, mentoring, and exposure to projects across the whole aircraft, your development won’t stop at electronics.
• Solid benefits: including private healthcare, enhanced parental leave, flexible hours, and a pension matched up to 6%.

You’re an electronics engineer who doesn’t just want to draw schematics — you want to see things fly. You’re confident in your design skills, calm under pressure when things don’t work first time, and collaborative enough to work shoulder-to-shoulder with mechanical, software, and systems teams.

This isn’t one of those gigs where you’re bolted onto the edge of a project. You’ll be right in the centre of it, designing the core electronics that power real aircraft — think digital electronics design, schematics, layouts etc of flight-critical PCBs & debugging power systems.

Some aircraft are several meters in wingspan. Others fit into the palm of your hand. So it's a pretty broad electronics challenge!

For immediate consideration, please apply.