Senior Electronic Engineer – Avionics

The Arya Group; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Incomar Dynamics seeks an experienced Senior Electronic Engineer – Avionics to lead hardware development for unmanned aerial platforms. You will architect avionics, perform module integration, and set up HIL/SIL environments, ensuring compliance with applicable standards.

Responsibilities include detailed electrical designs, wiring, power budgeting, documentation, and mentoring junior engineers within a V-model development framework.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic or Mechatronic Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of electronic hardware and system development experience.
• Experience with avionics hardware design, testing and qualification.
• Knowledge of MIL-STDs, RTCA & IPC standards and DO-254 (preferred).
• Proficient in design and simulation tools such as Altium, Solidworks Electrical, Ansys SIwave or Hyperlynx, MATLAB, LT-SPICE.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of avionics hardware development for unmanned platforms.
• Design and integrate avionics modules and perform HILS/SILS testing.
• Develop electrical wiring, power budgeting and distribution.
• Create design and interface documentation and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers and support project management.

Skills

Avionics systems

Hardware design

SIL/HIL testing

Requirements management

Altium

MATLAB / Spice

PCB layout

System integration

Configuration management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronic / Mechatronic Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

SolidWorks Electrical

Ansys SIwave / Hyperlynx

MATLAB

LT-Spice

Job description

Position: Senior Electronic Engineer – Avionics

Closing date: 6 November 2026

Incomar is an aerospace and defence company based in Centurion, South Africa. We are continuously expanding our specialised product development and flight operations capabilities. The group was established in South Africa in 1999, with its origins in military aircraft weapons and avionics integration and flight testing. The company is well established in the local and international industry, with a strong capability in several specialist areas, including:

• Systems Design, Development, and Integration.
• System Testing on a range of platforms / products.
• Product Development.
• Flight Test Execution and Support.

Incomar Dynamics is seeking a motivated individual to conduct research and support the hardware development and integration of avionics systems for unmanned aerial platforms. The role incudes component research, component selection and integration, loom design, and the testing and validation of both custom-developed and off-the-shelf hardware for unmanned aerial platforms. The role also includes electronic hardware and PCB design, electrical design, hardware testing, and the verification, validation, and qualification of developed hardware.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic or Mechatronic Engineering, or a relevant related tertiary qualification.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years of electronic hardware and electronic system development experience.
• Electronic hardware design & development skills.
• Hardware testing, debugging and qualification skills (functional & environmental).
• Knowledge of avionics and electrical systems, architectures, modules and components typically used in unmanned aerial platform.
• Experience in avionics system integration, including the design, development, commissioning, and execution of testing within System Integration Benches (SIBs), Integration Test Benches (ITBs), and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) environments to support verification, validation, and qualification activities.
• Product development and system engineering skills.
• Proficient in requirements management.
• Configuration and product lifecycle management skills.
• Knowledge of applicable standards related to your technical field (e.g. MIL-STDs, RTCA & IPC standards).
• Proficient in required design & simulation packages (e.g. Altium, Solidworks Electrical, Ansys SIwave or Hyperlynx, MATLAB, LT-SPICE, MS-Visio).

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Military, Defence Industry and/or Avionics development experience preferable.
• Experienced in PCB development using Altium Designer.
• Knowledge or experience in the RTCA DO-254 design process.
• Knowledge or experience in hardware environmental qualification to military and civilian standards (RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, etc).
• Experience in avionics LRU design & development.
• Experience in electronic thermal management & simulation.
• Experience in signal integrity analysis on PCB’s.
• System safety engineering skills.
• Logistical support engineering skills.
• Exposure to version control tools.
• Experience in project/team management is preferable.

Job Description:

• Performing avionics designs for unmanned aerial systems:
  • Avionics architectural and detailed design.
  • Avionics component research & selection, including:
    • Flight controllers / computers.
    • Servos and Actuators.
    • Air data sensors.
    • Inertial and navigation sensors.
    • Radios and antennas.
    • Batteries and power modules.
    • Fuel & propulsion components.
  • Bench integration of avionics modules and other systems, including the establishment of HILS & SILS environments.
  • Generation of relevant design & interface documentation.
  • Ensuring design compliance against requirements and applicable standards.
• Performing detailed electrical designs for unmanned aerial systems:
  • Detailed wiring and harness design.
  • Power budgeting
  • Power distribution
• Performing detailed electronic module designs including:
  • Circuit design.
  • Mechanical, thermal & interface considerations.
  • Schematic capture & PCB layout.
  • Simulation & analysis (including thermal, signal integrity, reliability & loads).
  • Prototyping & testing.
  • Hardware integration.
  • Generation of design & interface documentation.
  • Development of supporting test equipment.
  • Ensuring design compliance against requirements and applicable standards.

Key Qualities:

• Integrity.
• Safety conscious.
• Agility & adaptability to changing environments.
• Innovative.
• Self-motivated and output driven.
• Problem-solving & solutions driven attitude.
• High work capacity and ability to deliver under pressure.
• Quality driven.
• Good communicator.
• Attention to detail.
• Team player.

Responsibilities

• Taking technical ownership of avionics component and hardware development activities.
• Conducting development according to the "V" product development life cycle and system engineering management process.
• Performing design activities, including the electrical, electronic, mechanical and thermal design aspects.
• Performing electrical wiring designs for electrical systems & sub-systems.
• Performing electrical load analysis for electrical systems & sub-systems.
• Writing and maintaining specifications related to electrical / electronic / sub-system development activities.

• Writing and maintaining electrical / electronic / sub-system test and verification documentation.
• Writing and maintaining system and sub-system hardware interface documentation.
• Perform, execute and document electrical / electronic / sub-system compliance, verification, validation and qualification activities.

• Configuration and version management of electrical / electronic system, sub-system and item designs.

• Simulation, data analysis and report writing applicable to allocated tasks.
• Ensuring that stakeholder requirements are met.
• Ensuring compliance to applicable regulatory and safety requirements.
• Planning and executing tasks within agreed to budgets and timescales.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality and integrity when handling company and customer data and documentation.

• Work in accordance with engineering and other company processes applicable to your role.
• Contribute towards the improvement and elaboration of hardware design and development processes & tools.

• Ensure all non-compliances on both safety and quality issues within your area of responsibility are identified and reported timeously.

• Guide & mentor more junior engineers.