Senior Electrical Engineer

SEA Ltd · Barnstaple, South West

Senior Electrical Engineer at SEA Ltd, based in Barnstaple, South West. This is a permanent role with hybrid working.

Salary
Competitive
Location
Barnstaple, South West · Hybrid
Contract
Permanent
Posted
2 days ago
Closes
23 Nov 2026
Sector
Electrical Engineer

Reference https://careers.sea.co.uk/vacancies/669/senior-electrical-engineer.html

About the role

  • Division: - Engineering
  • Location: - Barnstaple site with hybrid working
  • About The Role: - Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll lead the design and development of advanced electrical systems for Defence applications, providing technical leadership across the engineering lifecycle to deliver innovative, reliable, and mission-critical solutions.    The Senior Electrical Engineer will be based at our Barnstaple site. This role does require being onsite 2 to 3 days per week to support product development, design reviews, and collaboration activities.   The salary for this role is up to £60k, depending on experience.   What you'll be doing
    • Lead the design and support of complex electrical systems, ensuring compliance with performance, safety, EMC, and defence standards while delivering high-quality engineering solutions throughout the product lifecycle.
    • Collaborate with systems, software, mechanical engineering teams and ensure successful delivery against project requirements, schedules, and quality objectives.
    • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers, drive continuous improvement initiatives, support design reviews, and promote best practices in design-for-excellence, manufacturability, and product support
    About our company   At SEA, we develop and deliver advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state-of-the-art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In-service across the globe, our systems deliver a rapid response to threats and system effectiveness and interoperation. Our systems support an ever-growing number of navies across the world, and we continue to bolster our already specialist, on-the-ground knowledge of key overseas markets.    What we offer   At our core, we encourage innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking to solve problems, so we’re always looking for talented, flexible, and creative people to bring their best to SEA. In return we offer generous rewards, a fantastic work/life balance, and excellent career and training opportunities for everyone who joins. Have a look at the benefits we offer:   Work life balance
    • Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
    • 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
    • Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
    • Half day Fridays
    • Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave
    Family & wellbeing
    • Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
    • Health Cash Plan
    • All Staff Bonus
    • Group Pension Plan of up to 8% employer contribution
    • Cycle to work scheme
    • Wellbeing Centre
    • Sports & Social activities
    • Employee Discounts portal - online and in-store discounts, travel savings
    • Life assurance policy
    • Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
    • Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning 
    Facilities & resources
    • Electric vehicle charging points at all sites 
    • Private seated lunch areas 
    • Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages 
    • Onsite showers and toiletries provision 
    • Free onsite parking 
    Join us and be part of something smaller - with 500 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.

    If you’d like to know more, please give Dave from our Talent Acquisition Team a call on [phone removed]. Or reach out to us on [email removed]

Reference: https://careers.sea.co.uk/vacancies/669/senior-electrical-engineer.html · Posted 2 days ago · Closes 23 Nov 2026 · Listed via SEA Ltd

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