Senior Aerospace Engineer

Department: Hardware

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Havant, Havant, Havant, Hybrid

• Architecting: Designing full-system architectures that seamlessly integrate airframes, avionics, payloads, and ground control.
• Orchestrating: Driving the engineering lifecycle from first-principles design through prototyping, rig testing, and live flight operations.
• Mentoring: Elevating the engineering standards of the entire team, mentoring junior and mid-level engineers across both hardware and software disciplines.
• Pioneering: Anticipating technical bottlenecks months in advance and engineering robust solutions before they impact the mission.

Key Responsibilities

• System-Level Architecture: Lead the top-down engineering design of new aerospace platforms, ensuring flawless integration across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.
• Technical Leadership: Act as the ultimate technical reviewer for critical design reviews (PDR/CDR), signing off on CAD, schematics, and test plans.
• Advanced Problem Solving: Tackle the most complex technical challenges regarding aerodynamics, structural integrity, thermal management, and RF communication.
• Test & Validation Authority: Define rigorous, uncompromised test methodologies (HIL/SIL, environmental, and flight testing) to guarantee mission success and system safety.
• Strategic Roadmap: Work directly with the executive team to define the technical roadmap, evaluating emerging technologies and scaling our manufacturing and testing capabilities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Education: A Master’s degree or equivalent advanced study in Aerospace, Systems, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Track Record: 8+ years of proven, high-level engineering experience within the aerospace, defence, or advanced robotics sectors. You must have taken multiple complex systems from a blank sheet of paper to active deployment.
• Multidisciplinary Mastery: Deep expertise in your core discipline, combined with a highly developed understanding of how structures, avionics, embedded software, and aerodynamics interact.
• System-Level Thinking: A proven ability to look beyond individual components and optimize for total system performance and reliability.
• Decisiveness: The capability to make hard, data-driven engineering decisions under pressure and stand by them.

• Intimate knowledge of aerospace manufacturing processes, composite materials, and advanced avionics integration.
• Experience navigating aerospace regulations, safety-critical design standards, and certification pathways.
• Exceptional communication skills - the ability to distill highly complex engineering problems into actionable strategies for both the engineering team and stakeholders.