Artemis Chase - Defence & Space Specialists
Mechatronics Engineer
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Mechatronics Engineer (Electronics Heavy)
Location
Herefordshire, UK · Full-time: Mainly based on site but Hybrid
Salary
£50-70k
About the Role
Most hardware engineers wait years to see something they design reach operational use. Here, the mechatronics and electronics you design go into systems used immediately, and you will own how they get built—not inherit someone else’s approach.
Our client is one of the fastest-growing defence technology companies in Europe, creating the software, hardware, and networking for unmanned systems on the modern battlefield. Everything is designed and manufactured end-to-end in the UK, with systems already in operational service today.
This is a deliberately low-profile, small team with outsized impact—we’re looking for talented, committed individuals who care not just about the work, but the team and purpose behind it.
Unparalleled ownership: As this role is still being shaped, you’ll set the standard and define processes—built procedures, lead reviews, and grow a small team. What you design reaches the field in weeks or months, not years later, with your direction at every stage.
Responsibilities
- Design all mechatronics and electronic systems
- Create analog and digital circuits, and electronic schematics
- Take hardware from first prototype through testing and debug to a validated design
- Review PCB layouts for signal integrity, EMI/EMC, and manufacturability
- Own power design: DC-DC, LDO, and battery/charging systems
- Design for Manufacturing (DfM): prototyping, concept-to-production—collaborating closely with the manufacturing team
- Work alongside firmware, mechanical, and systems engineers to ensure the whole system performs as intended
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Requirements
Minimum
✔ Experience designing analog and digital electronic circuits from schematic to validated hardware ✔ Experience integrating mechanical and electronic systems into physical platforms or vehicles ✔ Strong prototyping, concept design, and NPI (New Product Introduction) experience ✔ Strong hands-on lab and debugging skills ✔ Power electronics experience (regulators, protection, battery, charging systems) ✔ A track record of component selection and BOM ownership, balancing availability, cost, and alternates ✔ Eligible for UK SC security clearance (UK citizenship or 5+ years UK residency) ✔ Willing to work on-site in West Midlands offices at least three days per week
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Preferred
✔ PCB layout experience and a working knowledge of EMI/EMC and ESD reliability ✔ Experience taking hardware from manufacturing straight to production ✔ Experience in mentoring or coaching engineers and establishing processes/standards in a growing team ✔ Evidence of hands-on engineering interests outside work (e.g., cars, 3D printers, robotics) ✔ Wiring harness or loom experience ✔ Knowledge of jigs and rigs for testing ✔ KICAD experience ✔ Familiarity with MIPI CSI / CSI-2 (camera interfaces) ✔ An interest in aerospace or aviation
Benefits
Designed to reduce everyday pressures and reward commitment. As a stakeholder in what we build:
✔ Share options vesting over three years (real equity in the company) ✔ Bupa private health coverage—fully funded from day one ✔ 6% employer pension contribution ✔ 25 days leave plus bank holidays, with enhanced parental leave for both parents ✔ Enterprise-level AI tools with unlimited tokens to accelerate your work ✔ Relocation support if you move to join, or a home office budget for hybrid work
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