Missile Systems Electrical Architect – Defence

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Meritus is recruiting for an Electrical Architect to join our client on an initial 6‑month contract to support sovereign defence programmes as the business scales. The role focuses on electrical architecture for missiles/launcher systems and requires hands-on design and interface definition work.

The candidate will specify power, data, EMC and safety aspects, support testing and design reviews, and may act as Equipment Manager for related hardware.

Qualifications

• Electrical/electronics expertise for missile/launcher systems.
• Knowledge of defence/industry standards and related governance.
• Degree-level qualification in a related engineering subject.
• Experience in systems engineering across complex products.
• Ability to prepare, write and present technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Define electrical architecture and requirements for subsystems and interfaces.
• Specify power architecture, data comms, EMC, bonding, grounding and screening.
• Support testing, qualification, and integration activities.
• Review and authoring of reports, guidelines and processes.
• Lead design reviews and coordinate equipment-related activities.

Skills

electrical/electronics

interface definitions

defence/industry standards knowledge

systems engineering

writing reports

Education

Degree in a related subject

Job description

Meritus is recruiting for an Electrical Architect to join our client on an initial 6‑month contract to support sovereign defence programmes as the business scales. The role focuses on electrical architecture for missiles/launcher systems and requires hands-on design and interface definition work.

The candidate will specify power, data, EMC and safety aspects, support testing and design reviews, and may act as Equipment Manager for related hardware.