Principal Electronic Engineer

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