Junior Hardware Electronics Engineer
We are looking for an enthusiastic early-career Hardware Electronics Engineer to join our growing team. This role is ideal for someone who has completed an HNC/HND in Electrical or Electronic Engineering and and is in the early stages of their career, either in industry or through personal projects, placements, or hobby-based learning.
You will support the full lifecycle of hardware development, from concept and prototyping through to assembly, testing, and production. You will work with microcontrollers, sensors, wireless communication modules (Bluetooth, UWB, etc.), and modern prototyping tools to help deliver cutting-edge solutions for industrial and defence applications.
Applicants with a strong hobbyist background, such as Raspberry Pi or ESP32 projects, PCB design, radio experimentation, DIY electronics, 3D printing, or robotics, are especially encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
You will be supported by senior engineers while contributing to:
- Hardware Development: Assist with designing and prototyping electronic systems using microcontrollers, sensors, and communication modules.
- PCB Design: Produce and maintain PCB layouts using tools such as Altium or KICAD.
- Firmware & Interfacing: Contribute to microcontroller programming and testing.
- Wireless Technology Integration: Assist in integrating Bluetooth, UWB, and other RF technologies into hardware designs.
- 3D Printing & CAD: Create mechanical parts, enclosures, and prototypes using CAD software and additive manufacturing.
- Assembly & Manufacturing: Carry out hands-on tasks including soldering, cable assembly, and basic workshop activities.
- Testing & Debugging: Support hardware validation, troubleshooting, and performance testing.
- Documentation: Maintain schematics, BOMs, test notes, and build instructions.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Work alongside software engineers, technicians, and manufacturing teams to deliver complete solutions.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting engineers with project tasks and prototype builds
- Helping identify issues and contributing to solutions
- Performing technical tests and assisting with device validation
- Maintaining accurate documentation and design records
- Communicating with internal stakeholders and, occasionally, customers
What We’re Looking For
Education
- HNC/HND in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (required)
- Candidates working toward or interested in progressing to a BSc are welcomed
Experience
- Early industry experience is beneficial
- OR equivalent experience through personal, academic, or hobby electronics projects
Technical Interests / Desirable Background
We’re particularly keen to hear from candidates with experience or interest in:
- Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or ESP32 programming
- Hobby electronics, soldering, or PCB kits
- Radio, RF experimentation, or SDR
- CAD modelling or 3D printing
- IoT devices, robotics, or automation projects
General Skills
- Strong practical aptitude and attention to detail
- Good problem-solving ability
- Eagerness to learn and develop professionally
- Comfortable working in a team and asking questions when needed
- Clear communication and a proactive attitude
What You’ll Gain
- Hands-on experience in a multidisciplinary engineering environment
- Exposure to advanced hardware technologies and wireless systems
- Mentoring from experienced engineers
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- Involvement in real-world industrial and defence-sector projects
Clearance Requirements:
Clearance to Start: SC
Clearance for Role: DV
What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time
Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are:
Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Top Skills
What We Do
We Are Leidos
For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world.
OUR MISSION
Through our culture of innovation and history of performance, we develop deep customer trust built on integrity and create enduring solutions that improve our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the newly launched Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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