Avionics Engineer

Orion Electrotech
Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Last month
£55,000 – £70,000 pa

Salary

£55,000 – £70,000 pa

Posted
10 Apr 2026 (Last month)

My client is a specialist in the design, development, test, evaluation and operational delivery of complex unscrewed systems.

As the Avionics Engineer, you are 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 managing 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.

What we would like from the Avionics Engineer:

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

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

Comfortable in a 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

C/C programming on embedded systems

Real-time operating systems (RTOS) experience

Familiar with DroneCAN communication protocol

Experience in designing both analog and digital electronics

Signal conditioning – experience in designing analogue and digital FIR/IIR filters

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

Right to work in the UK

Ability to obtain and hold a suitable UK Security Vetting

What we offer the Avionics Engineer:

Salary is £55,000 to £70,000 doe

Other company benefits such as annual leave, pension etc

If this opportunity as an Avionics Engineer is of interest to you, don’t hesitate and get in touch asap!

Click to apply or contact Luke Tanner at Orion Recruitment

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