Avionics Manager

What you'll do

• Own Avionics Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) delivery, ensuring avionics hardware is built, integrated, and verified correctly from component level through vehicle integration.

• Develop avionics assembly, integration, and test procedures directly from requirements and engineering drawings.

• Translate design intent into clear, executable build instructions, defining tooling, torque specifications, parts, consumables, work sequences, and verification steps.

• Define and maintain avionics wiring, harness, and pinout diagrams, ensuring correct electrical interfaces and configuration control.

• Develop and own avionics assembly procedures for components, sub‑assemblies, and vehicle‑level integration.

• Create and execute avionics test procedures, validating functionality, interfaces, and readiness prior to higher‑level integration.

• Ensure avionics AIT activities meet quality, reliability, and safety standards, suitable for aerospace and defence environments.

• Work closely with avionics design, systems, and vehicle AIT teams to resolve integration issues and close design‑for‑integration gaps.

• Identify and ensure availability of tools, fixtures, consumables, and test equipment required to support build and integration activities.

• Support production of consistent, repeatable avionics builds by enforcing process discipline and configuration control.

• Own avionics‑related non‑conformance identification, documentation, and resolution, feeding lessons learned back into design and process updates.

• Enable smooth progression from bench‑level avionics testing to vehicle‑level integration

Who you are

• An Avionics AIT Manager or Senior Avionics Integration Engineer with hands‑on experience in electronics or electrical assembly environments.

• Background in aerospace avionics manufacturing and assembly is preferred, with automotive electronics experience also acceptable.

• Experienced developing avionics wiring diagrams, harness definitions, and pinouts.

• Comfortable creating and executing avionics assembly and test procedures from engineering drawings and requirements.

• Strong understanding of electronic hardware build processes, tooling, torque control, and workmanship standards.

• Detail‑oriented with a strong instinct for process discipline, quality, and repeatability.

• Comfortable working across disciplines, coordinating with design, systems, and vehicle integration teams.

• Hands‑on and pragmatic, able to support build and testing activities directly when required.

• Confident managing multiple avionics workstreams and maintaining configuration control under schedule pressure.

• Motivated by taking complex avionics systems from drawings to integrated, verified, flight‑ready hardware.

What we offer

• A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.

• Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.

• High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.

• A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.

• A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.

• Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.