Senior Engineer – Electromechanical Systems
Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.
Location: near Berkshire
Salary: £50,000–£65,000 depending on experience
Working pattern: Full-time, predominantly on-site
Clearance: Candidates must be eligible for UK SC clearance
Venn Group is working exclusively with a Defence technology company to recruit a Senior Hardware Engineer. This is a senior individual-contributor role without formal line-management responsibility. You will take ownership of projects from an initial brief through concept, design, prototyping, build, testing and final documentation.
Work will include UAV and UGV platforms, payload integration, launch mechanisms, ground-support equipment, power and charging systems, test equipment and production tooling.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver engineering projects from initial concept to operational hardware
- Produce mechanical parts, assemblies and manufacture-ready CAD drawings
- Integrate power systems, wiring, harnessing, avionics and payloads
- Develop prototypes and personally diagnose or modify hardware
- Plan and conduct bench, environmental and integration testing
- Support operational trials and customer acceptance activities
- Maintain engineering records, drawings, build documents and test evidence
- Direct technician activity across your projects
- Manage suppliers, manufactured components and technical procurement
- Apply practical design-for-manufacture principles
- Maintain configuration control and ISO 9001 compliance
- Support and mentor junior engineers xgikmsk and technicians
Essential experience
- Degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent practical experience
- At least seven years' experience in hardware engineering
- Experience within UAVs, robotics, aerospace or another demanding electromechanical environment
- A track record of delivering hardware projects with minimal supervision
- Strong mechanical design or electrical/electronic engineering capability, with practical knowledge of the oth...
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