Avionics Engineer

Jackie Kerr Recruitment
Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1LZ, United Kingdom
Today
£35,000 – £50,000 pa

Salary

£35,000 – £50,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (Today)

Benefits

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays Private medical insurance Life assurance 4x High street discounts Hybrid working EV salary sacrifice Up to 8% matched pension Real life flexibility, home working around medical appointments and other personal circumstances

Avionics Electronics

Wiltshire

Salary Dependent on Experience

Our client is looking for a Avionics Engineer who will be responsible for the management and delivery of Avionics and Electrical Engineering in an ambitious design, development and prototyping programme. The role will involve setting the direction for and management of a high-performance Avionics Engineering team and will require significant technical capability and knowledge, as well as the ability to deliver multiple products in a dynamic and fast paced engineering environment.

Avionics Engineer Roles and Responsibilities:

* Lead the avionics engineering life cycle through active management of resources and personnel

* Assure the project scope for the design and development of products, through the TRL levels with handover to production at TRL 6/7

* Own and manage the avionics brief for internal and external design consultants, ensuring that the design contract is implemented and managed through timely reviews

* Deliver effective management

* Seek safe and cost-effective design and manufacturing solutions to meet requirements, working to align designs to both Modini and regulatory engineering standards

* Ultimately responsible for the technical delivery of all design changes throughout the construction and handover stages

* Lead the continuous improvement of project delivery and the design management processes

* Risk management and mitigation, including quality and safety

* Budget and schedule management against an agreed timeline

* Ensure compliance with all legal and statutory obligations applicable to the role, including all standards and code compliance, and all planning and regulatory permissions

* Ensure design and configuration management through the efficient application of company CAD systems.

* Status reporting and presenting effective documentation of electrical and avionics systems

Avionics Engineer Ideal Candidate:

* Educated to bachelor’s degree/HND/HNC level in an Engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Robotic, Motorsport, Automotive or Aeronautical all considered)

* Proven experience of managing multiple, interfacing concurrent product design and prototyping teams

* Comfortable in fail-fast methodology, where design, build and test to failure can offer rapid results to accelerate programme delivery

* Experience in using and customising the ArduPilot autopilot system based on the CubePilot hardware platform

* Understand flight dynamics and system functionality of the typical autopilot

* Experience with PID Controllers and tuning methods

* C/C++ programming on embedded systems

* Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) experience

* Proficient in using UNIX based OS

* Familiar with DroneCAN communication protocol

* Familiar with source-code control systems such as Git to co-ordinate development

* Experience in designing both analog and digital electronics. Signal conditioning - experience in designing analogue and digital FIR/IIR filters, and ARM architecture experience

* Experience with debugging embedded systems, using tools such as the oscilloscope, logic analyser, and multi-meter

* Knowledge of modern software development practices, standards, and commonly used communication systems, interfaces, and protocols such as SPI, I2C, async serial, RS232, RS485, CAN, HDMI, TCP/IP

* Read and understand hardware schematics and datasheets. Evaluate new hardware devices and designs, analyse design issues, and identify solutions

* Knowledge of CE requirements for electronic products

* Good knowledge of appropriate project management processes and frameworks

* Chartered Member of a recognised Engineering Institution highly desirable (Desirable)

Working Hours and Benefits:

Flexible working with core hours between 09:00 – 15:00

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Private medical insurance, Life assurance 4x, high street discounts

Some hybrid, EV salary sacrifice, up to 8% matched pension

Real life flexibility, home working around medical appointments and other personal circumstances

Jackie Kerr Recruitment is an independent agency that has been established for 28 years.

We strive to provide the ultimate consultancy service to all our candidates. Whether you are looking for permanent or temporary work we pride ourselves in understanding our candidate’s requirement’s to ensure that we place you in your ideal role.

We have recently heavily invested in new Recruitment Software that provides an online portal. Simply visit jackiekerrrecruitment . com to enter your details and you will receive job alerts, hot off the press.

The portal enables you to update your information and CV at any time, so we always have your latest employment details on record.

So please visit our website and let us help you to find your dream job!

Please note: At Jackie Kerr Recruitment we receive a huge number of applications for each job that is posted. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of your original application, please go to our website jackiekerrrecruitment . com to apply for other jobs that may be suitable to you

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