Senior Electrical Engineer

SEA Ltd; Barnstaple; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible working

25 days annual leave

Private medical health insurance

Group pension plan

Life assurance

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

SEA is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced electrical systems for Defence applications at our Barnstaple site. You will provide technical leadership across the engineering lifecycle to deliver reliable, mission‑critical solutions.

The role is onsite 2–3 days per week to support product development and design reviews, with a salary up to £60k depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design of complex electrical systems.
• Familiarity with defence and EMC standards.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and support of complex electrical systems, ensuring compliance with performance, safety, EMC, and defence standards.
• Collaborate with systems, software, and mechanical engineering teams to meet project requirements and quality objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers, promoting best practices in design-for-excellence and manufacturability.

Skills

Electrical design

Defence standards

EMC compliance

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

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. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll lead the design and development of advanced electrical systems for Defence applications, providing technical leadership across the engineering lifecycle to deliver innovative, reliable, and mission‑critical solutions.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role does require being onsite 2 to 3 days per week to support product development, design reviews, and collaboration activities.

The salary for this role is up to £60k, depending on experience.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the design and support of complex electrical systems, ensuring compliance with performance, safety, EMC, and defence standards while delivering high-quality engineering solutions throughout the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with systems, software, mechanical engineering teams and ensure successful delivery against project requirements, schedules, and quality objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers, drive continuous improvement initiatives, support design reviews, and promote best practices in design‑for‑excellence, manufacturability, and product support

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

At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Havea look atthe benefits 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 theArmedForces receive special paid leave

Family & wellbeing

• Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Cash Plan
• All Staff Bonus
• Group Pension Plan of up to 8% 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

Facilities & resources

• Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
• Private seated lunch areas
• Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
• Onsite showers and toiletries provision
• Free onsite parking

Join us and be part of something smaller - with500people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.