Lead Electronics Engineer
CV-LibraryBedford, BedfordshirecontractPosted: 8 September 2026
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6 month initial contract
Inside IR35
Reporting to the Design Team Lead the role will:
* Take responsibility for the design, development and support of mixed electrical / electronic solutions from concept to completion following a detailed phase-gate development process.
* Facilitate the development of functional and physical design requirements to ensure complete integrated design architecture.
* Produce technical documentation to support all activities, from trade studies, requirements documentation, compliance evidence and test documentation.
* Design and development of electrical/electronic sub-assemblies for low and high power DC systems.
* Analyze, test and evaluation of electrical circuits, components and protection of harnesses.
Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience
* Formal Electrical qualification such as HNC/HND/BEng.
* Experience of Electrical Hardware Design & Electrical Product Development for Harsh Environments.
* Electrical analysis of circuit protection, component derating and electrical stress.
* EMC and Environmental Awareness at system and circuit level.
* Awareness of Def-Stan/Mil Standards, Safety and Quality processes.
* Ability to support and manage aspects of Assembly, Integration and Test.
* Experience of working with lab test equipment, e.g. debug of Electrical circuits using DMM, Oscilloscope, Power supplies, Logic and Protocol Analysers .
* Experience of Windchill or other Product Lifecycle Management tool.
* Experience of Altium, Zuken E.3, SIMetrix and LTSpice would advantageous
6 month initial contract
Inside IR35
Reporting to the Design Team Lead the role will:
* Take responsibility for the design, development and support of mixed electrical / electronic solutions from concept to completion following a detailed phase-gate development process.
* Facilitate the development of functional and physical design requirements to ensure complete integrated design architecture.
* Produce technical documentation to support all activities, from trade studies, requirements documentation, compliance evidence and test documentation.
* Design and development of electrical/electronic sub-assemblies for low and high power DC systems.
* Analyze, test and evaluation of electrical circuits, components and protection of harnesses.
Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience
* Formal Electrical qualification such as HNC/HND/BEng.
* Experience of Electrical Hardware Design & Electrical Product Development for Harsh Environments.
* Electrical analysis of circuit protection, component derating and electrical stress.
* EMC and Environmental Awareness at system and circuit level.
* Awareness of Def-Stan/Mil Standards, Safety and Quality processes.
* Ability to support and manage aspects of Assembly, Integration and Test.
* Experience of working with lab test equipment, e.g. debug of Electrical circuits using DMM, Oscilloscope, Power supplies, Logic and Protocol Analysers .
* Experience of Windchill or other Product Lifecycle Management tool.
* Experience of Altium, Zuken E.3, SIMetrix and LTSpice would advantageous