Electronics 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
Mid
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (Today)

Benefits

25 days annual leave Private medical insurance Life assurance 4x High street discounts EV salary sacrifice Up to 8% matched pension Flexible working hours Home working for personal circumstances

Electronics Engineer

Wiltshire

Salary Dependent on Experience

Our client is looking for an Electronics Engineer to support the electrical and avionics designs, analysis, integration and testing of electrical Systems. You will work in small cross-functional teams of engineers to produce designs, evaluate prototypes and work on implementing them to the market

Electronics Engineer Roles and Responsibilities:

* Lead end‑to‑end PCB design activities, from requirements capture and schematic design through layout, manufacture, assembly, and in‑service support, ensuring designs are robust, manufacturable, and testable

* Develop multi‑layer PCB architectures including power, analogue, digital, and mixed‑signal designs, with appropriate partitioning, grounding, shielding, and EMC considerations

* Produce high‑quality schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer, including component selection, library management, controlled‑impedance routing, stack‑up definition, and design rule definition

* Design for DFM, DFA, and DFT, working closely with manufacturing partners to optimise yield, reliability, and cost

* Design and analyse power conversion, regulation, and protection circuits, including DC‑DC converters, LDOs, filtering, and transient protection

* Perform signal integrity, power integrity, and analogue performance analysis, including noise, filtering, grounding strategies, and timing constraints

* Define and execute PCB‑level verification and validation activities, including bring‑up, debugging, characterisation, and environmental testing

* Develop test strategies and test artefacts such as test plans, acceptance criteria, test procedures, and test reports for PCB assemblies

* Design and support production and engineering test solutions, including test points, boundary scan/JTAG, built‑in test features, and external test fixtures

* Use laboratory test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, power analysers, spectrum analysers, electronic loads) to diagnose and resolve complex hardware issues

* Support regulatory and compliance activities relevant to PCB designs, including EMC/EMI, electrical safety, and CE/UKCA requirements

* Manage configuration control, design reviews, and engineering change activity for PCB designs across development and production lifecycles

* Maintain comprehensive design records, calculations, test evidence, and manufacturing documentation in line with Modini engineering processes

Electronics Engineer Ideal Candidate:

* Demonstrable experience delivering production‑ready PCB designs, including schematic capture, layout, manufacture, assembly, and test

* Strong understanding of DFM/DFA/DFT principles and practical experience working with PCB manufacturers and assembly houses

* Proven experience in PCB bring‑up and fault‑finding, including systematic debugging of power, clocking, reset, and communications issues

* Experience defining and executing hardware verification and validation plans at PCB and subsystem level

* Ability to hold UK Security Clearance

* Experience with EMC‑aware PCB design and pre‑compliance testing (Desirable)

* Familiarity with PCB standards and best practice (e.g. IPC guidelines) (Desirable)

* Experience designing test fixtures or automated test solutions for low‑volume or production environments (Desirable)

* Exposure to safety‑critical or high‑reliability electronics (aerospace, defence, or similarly regulated sectors) (Desirable)

* Experience with prototype systems development or rapid engineering cycles (Desirable)

* University Degree or above (Engineering, etc) or HND with relatable experience (Desirable)

* Previous Aerospace, Military or Automotive experience (Desirable)

Working Hours and Benefits:

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

* 25 days annual leave

* 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 27 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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