UAV Electronics Integration Engineer

UAV Electronics/Integration Engineer

Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset – On site initially

Duration: Initial 6–12 month contract

Rate: circa £60 ph Ltd

Outside IR35

We are seeking a versatile UAV Electronics & Systems Integration Engineer with strong practical experience taking early-stage engineering concepts through to functional prototypes, system integration, testing, and validation.

Key Responsibilities

Translate early-stage UAV concepts and operational requirements into practical electronic and system designs.

Develop and prototype electronic hardware, interfaces, power systems, sensors, communications, and other UAV subsystems.

Support schematic design, PCB development, component selection, wiring, harnessing, and hardware bring-up.

Integrate electronic, avionics, flight-control, navigation, communications, payload, and power subsystems into complete UAV platforms.

Develop and execute engineering test plans, integration procedures, verification activities, and validation trials.

Work closely with mechanical, software, firmware, flight-controls, systems, manufacturing, and test engineers to deliver integrated UAV systems.

Technical Experience

Candidates should ideally have practical experience across a broad range of UAV electronics and systems engineering activities, including:

UAV/avionics electronics integration and development.

Digital and analogue electronics.

Embedded systems and microcontroller-based hardware.

Power distribution, power management, batteries, and electrical architectures.

Sensors, navigation systems, telemetry, communications, and data interfaces.

Common electronic interfaces and protocols such as CAN, UART, SPI, I²C, Ethernet, RS-232/422/485, or similar.

PCB design, prototyping, soldering, wiring, harnesses, and hardware debugging.

Hardware/software integration and system bring-up.

Requirements, interface control, system architecture, and configuration management.

System-level integration, verification, and validation.

Ground and flight testing of UAV systems.

Experience & Qualifications

Demonstrable experience developing or integrating electronics within UAVs, drones, robotics, aerospace, automotive, defence, or other complex embedded systems.

Experience taking engineering concepts from initial design through prototype, integration, testing, and validation.

Experience working in multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Ability to inte...