Hardware Development Engineer

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

Job summary

A growing engineering team seeks a Hardware Development Engineer (Electronics) in Wakefield. You will design core electronics for innovative Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, contributing to projects with civil and military applications. This role offers hands-on innovation and solid benefits, including private healthcare and training opportunities.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Enhanced parental leave

Flexible hours

Pension matched up to 6%

Qualifications

• You’re an electronics engineer who wants to see things fly.
• Confident in your design skills and calm under pressure.
• Collaborative enough to work with mechanical and software teams.

Responsibilities

• Design electronics for next-generation Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles.
• Debugging power systems and developing flight-critical PCBs.
• Involve hands-on engineering with soldering and prototyping.

Skills

Design Skills

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Soldering

Prototyping

Education

Electronics Engineering Degree

Job description

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SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation

Location:

Wakefield, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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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.