{"id":236925,"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ic-resources.com\/jobs\/principal-electronics-engineer-525314\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:17:01","slug":"principal-electronics-engineer-525314","status":"publish","type":"jobs","link":"https:\/\/ic-resources.com\/us\/jobs\/principal-electronics-engineer-525314\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal Electronics Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">This is a principal individual contributor role, not a people-management position, though there is potential to take on managerial responsibility as the business grows. You&#8217;ll bring deep knowledge of digital and power electronics and a strong grasp of satellite electronics architecture, and you&#8217;ll drive requirements down into subsystem development. 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work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0px;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Excellent English communication skills, as the role involves real-time liaison across teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 0px;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Right to work in the UK and ability to meet export control requirements<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Desirable requirements<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-top: 0px\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0px;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">FPGA design experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0px;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Experience working across multiple sites or product lines<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0px;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Previous exposure to defence-related programmes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 0px;line-height: 115%;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Aptos, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Experience mentoring or technically leading engineers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 14px\">Please contact Joe Forshaw for more information<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a principal individual contributor role, not a people-management position, though there is potential to take on managerial responsibility as the business grows. 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