Senior Electrical Electronic Engineer (Warhead)

New Electronics; Basingstoke; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the defense sector is seeking a Senior Electrical Electronic Engineer to join their team in Basingstoke. This role is focused on engineering solutions for safety, security, and nuclear projects, providing opportunities for growth and development. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a variety of benefits including a generous pension scheme and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Market leading contributory pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Professional career development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy for volunteering and service

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or degree in science or engineering discipline or proven similar experience.
• Experience in planning, organizing, and balancing multiple objectives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading design, integration, and testing of electronic/electrical systems.
• Delivering engineering solutions that meet safety and performance requirements.
• Engaging in stakeholder management to drive decisions and programme delivery.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Decision-making skills

Communication skills

People management skills

Education

HNC/HND or degree in science or engineering

NVQ Level 5 qualification

Job description

Role title: Senior Electrical Electronic Engineer (Warhead Engineering)

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking

Package: £49,480 - £65,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications & level of experience)

Closing date: 14th June 2025

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Electrical Electronic Engineer.

This role is ideally suited to an experienced Engineer looking to apply their Electrical/Electronic skills to challenging system integration, safety, security, or nuclear projects.

In growing our capability, we will also be growing your skills and knowledge as an Engineer with opportunities for development and progression across our programmes of work.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have some of the following:

• HNC/HND or degree qualification in a science or engineering discipline or proven experience working in a similar environment
• Ability to integrate and work well in a team and support or take the technical lead in projects
• Degree qualification or NVQ Level 5 or Experience in a science or engineering discipline
• Proven track record of driving technical delivery, performance and continuous improvement with a consideration for quality, time, and cost
• Proven experience in planning, organising and balancing priorities to deliver multiple objectives concurrently
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Strong communication and exceptional people management skills to drive teams with discovering and sharing key information whilst developing others
• Experience in Leading Design, Integration and Testing of Electronic/Electrical systems

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Delivering engineering solutions that meet safety and performance requirements, across AWE programmes and the full engineering lifecycle to a high standard
• Planning and executing tasks in order to deliver agreed objectives to time; requirements, quality and cost
• Identifying and supporting opportunities for cost savings, efficiency, and business improvement
• Effective stakeholder management, engaging others having a positive impact driving decisions and programme delivery
• Leading, coaching and developing people into multidisciplinary teams meeting delivery objectives, acting additionally as a Task Manager
• Maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality
• Presenting results and information to internal and external stakeholders

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role (more information on this can be found on our website) and be willing and able to travel within the UK and overseas if required

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.

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