Principal Electronic Engineer
2 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne
Senior or Principal Electronic Engineers\nNewcastle Upon Tyne\nSalary: £50,000-£80,000 + benefits\nJackson Hogg is delighted to be working with a growing defence organisation to being a Senior or a Principal Electronic Engineer to lead the design and delivery of advanced electronic systems used in electro-optical products and autonomous tracking platforms.\nThis is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role for an engineer who wants end-to-end ownership and technical authority. You’ll operate at a system level while staying close to the hardware, driving designs from concept through certification and into deployment.\nPrincipal Electronic Engineer Key Responsibilities:\n * \n Lead the design, development and validation of electronic systems for complex electro-optical and autonomous products.\n * \n Define electronics architectures, balancing performance, safety, cost, manufacturability, environmental constraints and long-term maintainability.\n * \n Act as design authority, setting and upholding electronics engineering standards across the organisation.\n * \n Oversee and review schematic capture and PCB design, ensuring robustness across power integrity, signal integrity and EMC.\n * \n Guide verification, validation and compliance, working with external test houses to achieve EMC, safety and environmental certification.\n * \n Take ownership across the full product lifecycle – from requirements and architecture through prototypes, qualification and fielded systems.\n * \n Mentor and develop electronics engineers, building capability and reinforcing best practices.\n * \n Collaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, software and systems teams to ensure cohesive, integrated designs.\n * \n Balance hands-on technical delivery with leadership, prioritising across multiple programmes in a fast-paced environment.\nPrincipal Electronic Engineer Key Requirements:\n * \n Degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline\n * \n Significant experience delivering complex, safety-critical or high-performance electronic systems.\n * \n Strong expertise in schematic capture and PCB design (Altium preferred), including multilayer, high-density and mixed-signal boards\n * \n Solid technical grounding across several of the following domains:\n * \n Power electronics and power distribution (DC/DC, protection, motor drivers)\n * \n High-speed digital design (Gigabit Ethernet, USB, microcontrollers, FPGA)\n * \n Analogue electronics (sensors, amplifiers, precision interfaces)\n * \n EMC design, grounding, filtering and shielding\n * \n Ruggedised or defence-grade design practices\n * \n Experience in defining system architectures, requirements and structured engineering processes.\n * \n Proven ability to plan and execute verification and validation, including environmental and EMC testing.\n * \n Comfortable mentoring others and operating as a senior technical authority.\n * \n Able to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and make sound engineering decisions under pressure.\nThis is a permanent, full-time on-site role with flexible working hours and a competitive benefits package.\nIf you are interested in the role please get in touch using the details below