About us

Parker Meggitt joined the Parker Aerospace Group in September 2022 following the successful acquisition of Meggitt PLC a world leader in aerospace, defence and energy. Parker Meggitt employs more than 9,000 people at over 37 manufacturing facilities and regional offices worldwide.

We develop technologies and innovative solutions that enable reliable, efficient, and increasingly sustainable flight, for the lifecycle of the aircraft, including aftermarket support. Our passionate people, together with our breadth of differentiated technologies, ensure that we make the extraordinary happen and continue to shape the future of aviation in partnership with our customers.

Role Summary

We’re looking for an accomplished Electronics Engineer to act in this stand-alone role within our Braking Systems Division here at our state-of-the-art facility in Ansty Park, Coventry. As the right candidate, you will be degree qualified in a relevant discipline, have significant electronics experience within the aerospace, defence, manufacturing or medical industry and will have bags of self-motivation and drive to roll your sleeves up and get the job done with minimal supervision. You will be responsible for the life cycle of a number of platforms in this sustaining role and continuous improvement environment and will act as a lead, providing significant expertise in designing, developing, testing, maintaining, and improving complex components, control systems, and products.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone able to hit the ground running within a global organisation and is able to commit to around 25% international travel visiting supplier sites.

Core Responsibilities

• Strong cross functional collaboration with Supply Chain, Quality, and Manufacturing
• Responsibility for the life cycle of a number of platforms in a sustaining role and continuous improvement environment
• Demonstrating domain knowledge with a high-level of understanding of the design processes and procedures, and the ability to train others
• Applying knowledge and experience to develop/enhance designs, processes, and tools
• Working under general direction and within established processes / procedures, as well as driving improvements to these processes
• Latitude in technical decisions and approaches, but seeks out specialist guidance for complex issues
• Advanced oral and written communication skills; creating internal/external presentations of professional quality and preparing clear, technically accurate and documented design explanation
• Acting as a subject matter expert, particularly in customer/supplier interaction
• Understanding commercially sensitive information, including how, when, and with whom to share it

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Electronic Engineering
• Significant experience of Aerospace Electronics, Manufacturing Test and Component Obsolescence
• Knowledge of software applications, such as; Altium, Jira, DOORS, Matlab, LABVIEW, LTSpice, pSPICE, MS Office 365
• Experienced and proficient at working across functions within an organisation
• Complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories and concepts in the field of electronics

Desirable

• PCB design experience
• Willingness to challenge the status quo
• Experience in working in a multi-cultural / diverse organisaiton

What We Offer

Parker Meggitt is proud to offer a competitive total rewards framework designed with our colleagues' health, wealth, and well-being in mind to help our employees balance a successful career. Our competitive package will include:

• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution
• Income protection scheme
• Life Assurance x3 basic salary
• Share buying scheme
• Work from home 1 day a week
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing
• Funded membership of a professional body
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress
• Free on-site car parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• An on-site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food
• Employee Perks – offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services