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Are you an experienced Electronics Design Engineer looking to take on exciting projects in the defence and aerospace sector? ALTEN UK is expanding our engineering team in Reading, supporting leading clients on cutting-edge electronic system development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop analogue, digital, and power (SMPS/isolated) electronic circuits.
• Produce schematics and multilayer PCB layouts using tools such as Altium, Cadence, or Mentor Expedition, ensuring DFM/DFT best practice.
• Support prototype builds, testing, and validation, including debugging, fault finding, and EMC verification.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation, including BOMs, test procedures, and design reports.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software, and systems engineers for full product integration.
• Participate in design reviews and drive improvements to design processes and component libraries.
• Contribute to component selection, obsolescence management, and supply-chain risk assessments.
• Ensure designs meet aerospace, automotive, or defence standards and safety compliance.

About You:

• Experience with mixed-signal circuit design and PCB layout tools (Altium/Cadence/Mentor Expedition).
• Knowledge of EMC compliance, power electronics, and DFM/DFT principles.
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance

Why join us? 

We foster a community of dually talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently. 

Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities. 

We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies. 

We prioritise your career development with personalised support plans tailored to your own aspirations. We're here to empower you and help you reach your full potential. 

Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today! 

In short you get: 

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style 
• A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with Premium Customers
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• A competitive salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)