PCB Layout Engineer

Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA); Stoke Gifford; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a PCB Layout Engineer to design high-quality PCB layouts for innovative products and manage ECAD libraries. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with industry standards. The ideal candidate will have strong PCB design skills and experience with Altium. This position offers flexibility in working arrangements and a competitive salary up to £64k based on experience, along with extensive employee benefits including a group pension plan and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Work life balance

Hybrid/flexible working arrangements

25 days' annual leave

Private medical health insurance

Group Pension Plan

Employee Discounts portal

Qualifications

• Proven experience in PCB design and development.
• Strong understanding of ECAD tools and processes.
• Ability to manage and document workflows for PCB projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality PCB layouts for various products.
• Generate manufacturing data packs and ensure accuracy.
• Create and maintain ECAD libraries with schematic symbols and footprints.
• Independently manage component libraries and document standards.
• Provide user support for ECAD tools and collaborate on design reviews.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and compliance initiatives.

Skills

PCB design and development

ECAD library management

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Compliance with IPC standards

Tools

Altium

Job description

About The Role

Engineered to Protect, that's our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. This job role will design and develop high‑quality PCB layouts for innovative products, manage ECAD libraries, and collaborate across teams to ensure compliance with industry standards and manufacturing processes, supporting SEA's commitment to reliability and excellence.

PCB Layout Engineer will be based at one of our sites. This role allows for flexible working.

The salary for this role is up to £64k, depending on experience.

What you'll be doing

• Design and develop PCB layouts for diverse SEA products, translating schematics into optimized designs that meet technical specifications and IPC standards.
• Generate complete manufacturing data packs, including Gerber files and drawings, ensuring accuracy and readiness for fabrication and assembly.
• Create, maintain, and administer ECAD (Altium) libraries of schematic symbols, footprints, and 3D models.
• Independently manage component libraries, establish processes and standards, and document workflows to ensure consistency and accuracy across all PCB design projects.
• Provide user support for ECAD tools and processes, facilitate design reviews and approvals, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to uphold quality standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and ensure compliance with business and industry requirements.

About our company

At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In‑service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever‑growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on‑the‑ground knowledge of key overseas markets.

What we offer

• Work life balance
• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days' annual leave, plus buy and sell
• Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
• Half day Fridays
• Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave
• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Programme
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing Centre
• Sports & Social activities
• Employee Discounts portal – online and in‑store discounts, travel savings
• Life assurance policy
• Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
• Development opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning

Join us and be part of something smaller – with 500 people in the UK and Canada – doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

If you'd like to know more, please reach out to us on (url removed).