Senior Electrical Engineer – Defence Avionics and Systems

GKN; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An aerospace innovator is looking for a Senior Engineer in Defence Systems Engineering to develop and verify technical solutions. You will be responsible for quality assurance of design deliverables, analyzing data, and mentoring team members. A background in electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering is essential, combined with experience in designing reliable systems under regulatory constraints. This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working model, and relocation support if needed.

Benefits

Competitive salary with 15% bonus opportunity

Industry-leading pension scheme

Life Assurance 8× salary

185 hours holiday plus bank holidays

Relocation support

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven design and delivery of high-quality systems in a complex regulatory environment.
• Experienced in the Systems Development Lifecycle.
• Intermediate experience in requirement decomposition.

Responsibilities

• Review design deliverables as quality assurance.
• Analyze data for qualification arguments and submissions.
• Mentor team members in systems engineering.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

CAD interrogation

Designing experiments

Systems engineering excellence

Data analysis

Communication with stakeholders

Education

HNC, degree, or equivalent in electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering

Tools

DOORS

CATIA V5

MATLAB

Simulink

ANSYS Medini

Job description

An aerospace innovator is looking for a Senior Engineer in Defence Systems Engineering to develop and verify technical solutions. You will be responsible for quality assurance of design deliverables, analyzing data, and mentoring team members. A background in electrical, mechanical, or systems engineering is essential, combined with experience in designing reliable systems under regulatory constraints. This role offers a competitive salary, hybrid working model, and relocation support if needed.