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# Principal Engineer - Launch Systems

- **Company:** Volander Ltd.
- **Location:** Petersfield, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £65,000 - £80,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Embedded Software, Firmware, Systems Architecture, Routing & Switching
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f2c576f305d4d310

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

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.