Principal Engineer - Launch Systems

You will be the primary technical authority on both systems, reporting to the Head of Engineering, and you will be equally at home at a workbench, on the test floor and in a design review.

What you’ll do

• Own the system architecture, specifications and engineering requirements for your projects.
• Lead the development and integration of power electronics, electrical drives, control circuitry and protection.
• Work with firmware engineers on closed-loop control, sensing, diagnostics, interlocks and safe operating sequences.
• Work with mechanical engineers on alignment, loads, thermal effects, vibration and physical interfaces.
• Write structured test plans, lead commissioning, find root causes with instrumentation and evidence, and turn findings into design improvements.
• Guide the transition from prototype to robust, manufacturable, serviceable product - DFM, BOMs, specifications, supplier selection.
• Direct and support internal engineers, contractors and external development partners.

• Strong background in electronic or electrical engineering on complex electromechanical systems.
• Demonstrable experience with power electronics, electrical control systems and embedded hardware.
• Confident with electrical measurement, instrumentation and systematic fault diagnosis.
• Working knowledge of embedded firmware and real-time control.
• Sound practical mechanical understanding: assemblies, tolerances, loads, manufacturing processes.
• A track record of leading technically complex development and making independent engineering decisions.

Useful but not essential Electric drives and motion control; power conversion, energy storage and switching technologies; electromagnetic design and thermal management; DSPs and industrial comms; EMC, functional safety and compliance; aerospace, defence or robotics experience; taking a product from proof of concept to low-volume production.

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home