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.

• Lead the design, development and validation of electronic systems for complex electro‑optical and autonomous products.
• Define electronics architectures, balancing performance, safety, cost, manufacturability, environmental constraints and long‑term maintainability.
• Act as design authority, setting and upholding electronics engineering standards across the organisation.
• Oversee and review schematic capture and PCB design, ensuring robustness across power integrity, signal integrity and EMC.
• Guide verification, validation and compliance, working with external test houses to achieve EMC, safety and environmental certification.
• Take ownership across the full product lifecycle – from requirements and architecture through prototypes, qualification and fielded systems.
• Mentor and develop electronics engineers, building capability and reinforcing best practices.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, software and systems teams to ensure cohesive, integrated designs.
• Balance hands‑on technical delivery with leadership, prioritising across multiple programmes in a fast‑paced environment.

• Degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• Significant experience delivering complex, safety‑critical or high‑performance electronic systems.
• Strong expertise in schematic capture and PCB design (Altium preferred), including multilayer, high‑density and mixed‑signal boards
• Solid technical grounding across several of the following domains:
• Power electronics and power distribution (DC/DC, protection, motor drivers)
• High‑speed digital design (Gigabit Ethernet, USB, microcontrollers, FPGA)
• Analogue electronics (sensors, amplifiers, precision interfaces)
• EMC design, grounding, filtering and shielding
• Ruggedised or defence‑grade design practices
• Experience in defining system architectures, requirements and structured engineering processes.
• Proven ability to plan and execute verification and validation, including environmental and EMC testing.
• Comfortable mentoring others and operating as a senior technical authority.
• 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