Senior Electronics Engineering Lead – Defence & Innovation

Empresaria UK Ltd; London Borough of Southwark; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Empresaria UK Ltd is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team in a key technical leadership capacity. You will provide direction across complex defence programmes, supporting delivery, technology development and capability growth within the organisation.

This role blends hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership and mentoring, with hybrid working and a focus on delivering robust electronics solutions across the full lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive electronics defence engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of electronic systems design and integration.
• Proven experience leading projects, teams or technical functions.
• Excellent technical problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering projects.
• Lead technology development and innovation initiatives.
• Support engineering teams through mentoring and technical guidance.
• Conduct technical reviews and oversee engineering best practice.
• Identify risks, define mitigation strategies and support project planning.
• Contribute to bids, proposals and customer-facing technical activities.
• Support engineering process improvement and capability development.

Skills

Electronics design

Systems integration

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Job description

Empresaria UK Ltd is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team in a key technical leadership capacity. You will provide direction across complex defence programmes, supporting delivery, technology development and capability growth within the organisation.

This role blends hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership and mentoring, with hybrid working and a focus on delivering robust electronics solutions across the full lifecycle.