Senior Electronics Engineer

SR2 REC LTD; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 REC Ltd in Reading, a rising UK defence engineering business, seeks a hands-on Senior Electronics Engineer to develop high‑performance electrical systems within the Power Electronics division. You will own designs from early concept through schematic, PCB development and hardware bring‑up, working with firmware, controls, mechanical and test engineers.

Initially focused on compact, high‑performance power conversion and electric drive systems, the role welcomes engineers from broader power

Qualifications

• Hands-on power electronics experience required.
• Experience designing power converters, inverters, or motor drives.
• Analogue/power electronics circuit design and schematic capture.
• Power semiconductors, gate drive and sensing experience.
• Hardware bring-up, testing and debugging.
• Understanding of thermal, switching and electrical performance.
• Experience moving designs from prototype to production.
• Security clearance eligibility: dual British/NATO nationalities.

Responsibilities

• Take designs from concept through schematic, PCB development, and hardware bring-up.
• Work closely with firmware, controls, mechanical and test engineers.
• Develop power conversion and electric drive systems.
• Translate designs from prototype to production.

Skills

Power electronics design

Power converters & drives

Analog circuit design

Gate drive & sensing

Hardware bring-up & testing

Thermal management & switching

Prototype to production

SC eligible

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Senior Electronics Engineer

We're looking for a hands‑on Electronics Engineer to join a growing UK defence engineering business developing high‑performance electrical systems. This role will join the Power Electronics division within the company.

This isn't a role where you'll own one small part of a mature product. You'll have the opportunity to take designs from early concept and topology selection through schematic, PCB development, hardware bring‑up, testing and eventual production, working closely with firmware, controls, mechanical and test engineers.

The initial work is centred around compact, high‑performance power conversion and electric drive systems, but we're open to engineers coming from a broader power electronics background.

Skills & Experience

We'd be interested in speaking with engineers who have strong hands‑on power electronics design experience - you don't need to have worked across every area below.

Essential:

• Strong hands‑on power electronics design experience

• Experience designing power converters, inverters, motor drives or similar high‑power electronic systems

• Analogue / power electronic circuit design and schematic capture

• Power semiconductor, gate drive and current / voltage sensing experience

• Hands‑on hardware bring‑up, testing and debugging

• Good understanding of thermal, switching and electrical performance

• Experience taking designs beyond simulation and working with physical hardware

• SC eligible - dual British / NATO nationalities considered

Useful Experience:

• Three‑phase inverters or electric motor drives

• PCB layout using Altium Designer or similar

• High‑density / high‑power‑density electronics

• GaN or SiC devices

• EMI / EMC considerations in switching power electronics

• Design for Manufacture and Test (DFM / DFT)

• Battery systems, charging or power distribution

• Motor control / Field‑Oriented Control interfaces

• CAN or other embedded communications

• Aerospace, defence, automotive, motorsport, robotics or industrial power electronics

• Taking hardware from prototype through to production

Additional Information

• Permanent, full‑time position

• Competitive salary depending on experience

• Reading area, onsite

• Senior hands‑on engineering position rather than people management

• Significant ownership of designs from concept through to physical hardware

• Close collaboration with firmware, controls, mechanical and test engineers

• Opportunity to influence both the technology and engineering approach as the team grows