Senior Electronics Architect & Team Lead - Defence

Holt Engineering Recruitment Ltd; Horsham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Engineering Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer in the UK to lead electronics design and systems architecture across a team of about 15 engineers. This senior, hands-on role combines deep technical ownership with project leadership, mentoring and R&D.

You will own system-level electrical architectures, drive design standards, and mentor engineers while supporting bids and shaping solutions for defence/industrial applications.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics, Electrical & Electronic Engineering (IET-accredited).
• 10+ years’ relevant experience in electronics design and systems architecture.
• Experience leading projects and supervising engineers in product development.
• Experience in EMC, power management, servo/motor control, embedded interfaces and communications.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical authority for EMC, power management, servo control, processor interfacing, and communications.
• Define and review system-level electrical architectures, including power distribution, signal transmission, wiring and production considerations.
• Own and deliver analysis-based tasks such as circuit emulation, performance calculations and power budgets.
• Provide technical leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams, setting standards of engineering practice and quality-driven culture.
• Proactively review and improve engineering processes, tools and design methodologies to drive innovation.
• Investigate and resolve complex PCB and system-level issues, identifying root cause and advising improvements.
• Support bids and proposals, shaping solutions, estimating work and presenting technical approaches.
• Provide line-management style support for a sub-team of engineers, including coaching and training plan input.

Skills

EMC

Power management

Servo control

Embedded interfaces

Communications

PCB design

FMEA

Leadership

Venturing for innovation

JIRA

Confluence

MS Project

Education

IET‑accredited Electronics/Electrical Eng degree

Tools

Altium

Cadence OrCAD

Job description

Holt Engineering Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer in the UK to lead electronics design and systems architecture across a team of about 15 engineers. This senior, hands-on role combines deep technical ownership with project leadership, mentoring and R&D.

You will own system-level electrical architectures, drive design standards, and mentor engineers while supporting bids and shaping solutions for defence/industrial applications.