UAV Electronics Integration Engineer

Morson Human Resources Limited; Shaftesbury; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Human Resources Limited is recruiting a UAV Electronics/Integration Engineer for a Shaftesbury, Dorset on-site role. The contract initially spans 6–12 months with a rate of circa £60 ph Ltd.

The role requires turning early UAV concepts into functional prototypes, integrating avionics, subsystems, and testing them through verification and validation. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams and support hardware bring-up and flight tests.

Qualifications

• Experience developing or integrating electronics within UAVs or related embedded systems.
• Ability to translate requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Experience from initial design through prototype, integration, testing and validation.

Responsibilities

• Translate early-stage UAV concepts into practical electronic and system designs.
• Develop and prototype electronic hardware, interfaces, power systems, sensors and subsystems.
• Support schematic design, PCB development, component selection and hardware bring-up.
• Integrate subsystems into complete UAV platforms.
• Develop and execute test plans, integration procedures and validation trials.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software, firmware, flight-controls and test engineers.

Skills

UAV electronics

Embedded systems

Power management

Sensors/telemetry

CAN/UART/SPI/I2C

PCB design

System integration

Flight testing

Tools

PCB design tools

Soldering

Hardware bring-up

CAD/ECAD

Job description

UAV Electronics/Integration Engineer

Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset – On site initially

Duration: Initial 6–12 month contract

Rate: circa £60 ph Ltd

Outside IR35

We are seeking a versatile UAV Electronics & Systems Integration Engineer with strong practical experience taking early-stage engineering concepts through to functional prototypes, system integration, testing, and validation.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate early-stage UAV concepts and operational requirements into practical electronic and system designs.
• Develop and prototype electronic hardware, interfaces, power systems, sensors, communications, and other UAV subsystems.
• Support schematic design, PCB development, component selection, wiring, harnessing, and hardware bring-up.
• Integrate electronic, avionics, flight-control, navigation, communications, payload, and power subsystems into complete UAV platforms.
• Develop and execute engineering test plans, integration procedures, verification activities, and validation trials.
• Work closely with mechanical, software, firmware, flight-controls, systems, manufacturing, and test engineers to deliver integrated UAV systems.

Technical Experience

Candidates should ideally have practical experience across a broad range of UAV electronics and systems engineering activities, including:

• UAV/avionics electronics integration and development.
• Digital and analogue electronics.
• Embedded systems and microcontroller-based hardware.
• Power distribution, power management, batteries, and electrical architectures.
• Sensors, navigation systems, telemetry, communications, and data interfaces.
• Common electronic interfaces and protocols such as CAN, UART, SPI, I²C, Ethernet, RS-232/422/485, or similar.
• PCB design, prototyping, soldering, wiring, harnesses, and hardware debugging.
• Hardware/software integration and system bring-up.
• Requirements, interface control, system architecture, and configuration management.
• System-level integration, verification, and validation.
• Ground and flight testing of UAV systems.

Experience & Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience developing or integrating electronics within UAVs, drones, robotics, aerospace, automotive, defence, or other complex embedded systems.
• Experience taking engineering concepts from initial design through prototype, integration, testing, and validation.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to interpret requirements and translate them into practical engineering solutions.
• Experience working with incomplete or evolving requirements and adapting designs accordingly.

Desirable Experience

• Experience with autonomous or remotely piloted UAV platforms.
• Familiarity with flight-control systems, autopilots, navigation, GNSS, IMUs, and related avionics.
• Experience with RF/telemetry systems and wireless communications.
• Experience with environmental, EMC/EMI, vibration, thermal, or reliability testing.
• Knowledge of aerospace/defence development standards and engineering processes.
• Experience with safety-critical or mission-critical systems.
• Familiarity with CAD/ECAD tools and PCB design software.
• Experience with requirements management and systems engineering tools.
• Experience supporting flight-test campaigns and operational trials.