Principal/Lead Electronics Engineer

Lead / Principal Electronics Engineer

Woking, Surrey

£60,000 - £70,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Lead the Design. Drive Innovation. Shape the Future.

We are seeking an experienced Lead / Principal Electronics Engineer to join a growing hardware engineering team working on the development of cutting-edge electronic products. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong engineer who enjoys combining hands-on electronic design with team leadership and strategic engineering decision-making.You will play a key role in delivering innovative new products from concept through to production, leading electronic design activities, guiding technical direction, and helping develop engineering capability across the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and developing the electronics engineering function, ensuring capability, capacity and processes support business objectives.
• Capturing and translating customer and stakeholder requirements into robust engineering solutions.
• Defining system architectures and making key technical decisions throughout the product lifecycle.
• Designing complex electronic systems including schematic capture, PCB layout and circuit development.
• Producing and maintaining specifications, verification plans and compliance documentation.
• Developing validation and production test strategies to ensure reliable, high-quality products.
• Managing design verification, integration, qualification and EMC testing activities.
• Supporting new product introduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Conducting root cause analysis and resolving complex design and production issues.
• Collaborating with customers, suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Managing external engineering partners and subcontractors. Researching and implementing emerging technologies to improve product performance and reduce costs.

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience:

10+ years' experience in electronics design and development.

Proven experience leading engineering teams or delivering business-critical projects.

Strong experience designing complex electronic systems integrated with mechanical and software elements.

Experience with:

• BLDC motor drive circuits
• Brushless motor systems
• High-speed digital design
• Analogue signal conditioning
• Power supplies and protection circuitry
• Video signal processing
• Sensor interfaces (optical, magnetic, temperature)

What's In It For You?

• £60,000 - £70,000 salary
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• BUPA medical insurance & cashback plan
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible start and finish times
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Professional subscriptions funded
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Rail Season Ticket Loan
• Employee Assistance Programme & Online GP
• Early Finish Fridays
• Ongoing training and career development support
• Free onsite parking

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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