Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Electronics

JR United Kingdom; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer specializing in electronics to join their team in Portsmouth. In this role, you will diagnose faults in legacy systems, define repairs, and maintain documentation. Candidates should have a degree in electronics or related field and experience in troubleshooting complex systems.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Degree in relevant subject or HNC/D with related experience.
• Experience in electronics engineering, ideally with exposure to legacy systems.
• Proficiency in using tools like multimeters and oscilloscopes.

Responsibilities

• Diagnosing and troubleshooting faults in legacy electronics systems.
• Creating and updating technical documentation, including wiring diagrams.
• Integrating modern electronics into existing systems.

Skills

Troubleshooting complex circuits

Knowledge of analogue and digital electronics

Reverse-engineering

Creating technical documentation

Education

Degree in relevant subject or HNC/D

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Logic analysers

SAP

Job description

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Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Electronics, Southsea

Client:

BAE Systems

Location:

Southsea, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Electronics

Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak

What you’ll be doing:

• Diagnosing and troubleshooting faults in legacy electronics systems, including analogue and digital circuits, radar, communication systems, navigation equipment, HV and control systems.
• Defining repairs, component-level replacements, and calibration of ageing hardware, often with obsolete or hard-to-source components.
• Maintaining system functionality under constraints of outdated technology and limited documentation.
• Reverse-engineering circuits, schematics, and systems where original documentation is incomplete or unavailable.
• Creating and updating technical documentation, including wiring diagrams, component lists, and maintenance procedures, to support ongoing operations.
• Identifying equivalent modern components to replace obsolete parts while ensuring compatibility and compliance. Using legacy test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers) and adapting modern tools for compatibility with older systems.
• Integrating modern electronics (e.g., microcontrollers, sensors) into existing systems, ensuring seamless operation.
• Documenting and mitigating risks associated with ageing equipment, including reliability and cybersecurity concerns.

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree in relevant subject or HNC/D with related experience.
• Experience in electronics engineering, ideally with exposure to legacy systems or defence projects.
• Strong knowledge of analogue and digital electronics, including vacuum tubes, transistors, and early integrated circuits.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting complex circuits using tools like multimeters, oscilloscopes, and logic analysers.
• The use of related SAP transactions (can be part of training) is desirable.

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Manufacturing Engineering team:

The Manufacturing Engineering team consists of 16 Engineers, including this position. Our Engineers are a mix of electrical and mechanical disciplines involved in every step of the build process, providing support to the manufacturing functions to ensure requirements are met. Manufacturing Engineering interact with every department within BAE Systems, interfacing with Procurement, Projects, Stores, Manufacturing, Engineering, Testing and more. It’s a fast-paced, dynamic environment which requires good communication, problem solving and planning.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.