Hardware Development Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Hardware Development Engineer in Salisbury to design electronic systems for innovative Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles. This role offers hands-on innovation and the chance to see your work in flight, with extensive growth opportunities and solid benefits.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Enhanced parental leave

Flexible hours

Pension matched up to 6%

Qualifications

• Electronics engineer with confidence in design skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design core electronics for aircraft including schematics and PCB layouts.
• Engage in soldering and prototyping.
• Debug power systems.

Skills

Design Skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

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?

• See your work in flight: Your designs will end up in the air, not just in development.
• Hands-on innovation: Engage in soldering, prototyping, and problem-solving.
• 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 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 wants to see things fly. Confident in your design skills, calm under pressure, and collaborative with mechanical, software, and systems teams.

This role involves designing core electronics for aircraft, including digital electronics, schematics, layouts of flight-critical PCBs, and debugging power systems.

Aircraft sizes vary from several meters to palm-sized, offering broad electronics challenges.

For immediate consideration, please apply.