Electronic Warfare Engineer

Location: Hybrid from Romsey, Hampshire (2 days onsite)
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum + 6% annual bonus

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Electronic Warfare Engineer to join a highly skilled engineering team delivering advanced defence and security capabilities. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge Electronic Warfare (EW), RF communications, sensor systems, and Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technologies, supporting critical national defence programmes.

You will play a key role in the design, development and delivery of innovative EW solutions, providing technical leadership across the full engineering lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who thrives in technically challenging environments and enjoys working closely with customers to solve complex operational problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of advanced Electronic Warfare systems and solutions.
• Act as a System Design Authority on assigned projects, from concept and research through to deployment and support.
• Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Deliver systems engineering expertise across research, development, product delivery, trials, and customer demonstrations.
• Work closely with defence customers and end users to understand requirements and shape effective technical solutions.
• Conduct technical risk assessments and support mitigation planning throughout project lifecycles.
• Support business development activities, including technical bid responses and solution development.
• Ensure technical delivery against agreed performance, cost, quality, and schedule objectives.
• Participate in equipment trials, integration activities, and occasional customer-site engagements.
• Support rapid prototyping and urgent operational capability development where required.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Degree qualification (BEng, BSc, MSc or equivalent) in Engineering, Electronics, Physics, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of Electronic Warfare, RF systems, communications systems, sensors, or related defence technologies.
• Proven experience leading systems engineering activities across the product development lifecycle.
• Experience providing technical leadership within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and technical decision-making capabilities.

Desirable Experience

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be advantageous:

• Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Surveillance (ES), Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), Electronic Support Measures (ESM), or RF Cyber.
• Software Defined Radios (SDR).
• Digital Signal Processing (DSP), FPGA-based systems, and embedded platforms.
• RF systems, antennas, and communications architectures.
• Open standards such as SOSA, OpenVPX, MORA, STICS, or OpenCPI.
• Defence acquisition and system integration programmes.
• Agile, SAFe, Spiral, or Waterfall development methodologies.
• Technical risk, issue, and dependency management.

What's on Offer

• Salary of £70,000 - £80,000 per annum.
• 6% annual performance bonus.
• Hybrid working arrangement with 2 days onsite in Romsey.
• Opportunity to work on nationally significant defence and security programmes.
• Exposure to advanced technologies across EW, RF communications, sensors, and PNT systems.
• Professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, wellbeing, pension, and life assurance benefits.

Security Requirements

Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC). Candidates will typically need to be British citizens and have resided in the UK for at least five years to meet clearance eligibility requirements.