At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor a team in designing advanced electronic systems for defence and maritime sectors.
- Company: Leading engineering organisation with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Hybrid working, competitive salary, relocation package, and comprehensive benefits.
- Other info: Exciting career progression opportunities in a collaborative culture.
- Why this job: Shape future technologies while developing your leadership skills in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in electronic design and previous leadership or mentoring roles.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 70000 £ per year.
Location: Barnstaple, North Devon (Hybrid Working)
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
Are you an experienced Electronics Engineer looking to take the next step into a technical leadership role? We are partnering with a leading engineering organisation that develops advanced electronic systems for the defence and maritime sectors. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an Electronics Team Lead to provide technical leadership across the full product lifecycle while mentoring a talented team of engineers.
This is an exciting opportunity to remain hands-on with electronics design while playing a key role in shaping future technologies and developing engineering capability within a collaborative, innovative environment.
The Role
As the Electronics Team Lead, you will lead the design and development of electrical and electronic systems, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards. You will provide technical expertise across analogue and digital electronics, PCB design and electro-mechanical systems, while working closely with Mechanical, Systems, Software and Manufacturing teams to deliver complex engineering solutions. Alongside your technical responsibilities, you will mentor engineers, manage team resources and support the continuous improvement of engineering processes and standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead electrical and electronic design across the full product lifecycle.
- Provide technical expertise in analogue and digital circuit design, PCB layout (Altium) and electro-mechanical systems.
- Mentor, coach and develop a team of Electronics Engineers through technical guidance and design reviews.
- Manage team resources, support recruitment and contribute to engineering capability development.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and customers to ensure designs meet technical and compliance requirements.
- Support verification and validation activities, configuration management and industry standards.
- Contribute to bids, proposals and engineering estimates.
- Drive continuous improvement and promote engineering best practice.
About You
- Strong experience in analogue and digital electronic design.
- PCB design experience using Altium Designer.
- Previous experience leading, mentoring or managing engineers.
- A good understanding of verification & validation (V&V), configuration management and IPC standards.
- Experience within defence, aerospace, maritime or another highly regulated engineering environment.
- Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
What's on Offer
- Hybrid working (2 days working from home).
- Relocation package available.
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- The opportunity to work on cutting-edge defence and maritime technologies.
- Long-term career progression and ongoing professional development.
- A collaborative engineering culture focused on innovation and technical excellence.
Please note: Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be British Nationals and eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
Locations
Quality and Training Team Leader in Barnstaple, Devon employer: Owen Daniels
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