UAS Electronic Engineer (Staff Grade) – West Wales

UAVE Ltd is seeking a UAS Electronic Engineer to join our small, dynamic team in West Wales, reporting to the Chief Engineer. This Staff-grade role is ideal for an engineer with 2–5 years' experience, offering genuine career progression for a science-led, commercially minded individual.

Suitably qualified at degree or HND level, or through a formal apprenticeship scheme, you will contribute to UAS systems design and integration, PCB and electronic subsystem design, wiring loom design and installation, supply chain coordination, and production reporting. You will also represent the company at trade events and with clients. Proficiency with PCB and wiring loom design tools is essential, alongside adherence to our QMS and ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 principles.

Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 per year, plus NEST pension and 25 days holiday.
Hours: 0830 – 1630, Monday to Friday.

 

Projects Manager – West Wales

UAVE Ltd is seeking an experienced Projects Manager reporting to the Managing Director. This hands-on, commercially focused role sits at the very coal face of every project we undertake — aircraft production, aircraft charter and payload engineering contracts.

You will coordinate and assign internal human and equipment resources, plus external subcontractors and supplier subcontracts, on a forward-planning daily, weekly and monthly basis. Responsibilities include QMS adherence, formal report writing, participation in regular client project reporting meetings, and staff assessment and appraisal. Familiarity with project planning tools is essential.

Candidates must have 5+ years' experience within a UAS, robotics or high-technology UK company, with demonstrable team management skill. Suitably qualified at degree or HND level, or through a formal apprenticeship scheme.

This is a full-time, office-based role requiring flexible UK travel, including long days, and infrequent international travel.

Salary: £42,000 – £52,000 per year, plus NEST pension and 25 days holiday.
Hours: 0830 – 1630, Monday to Friday.

 

Software / Coding Engineer (Staff Grade) – West Wales

UAVE Ltd is seeking a Software / Coding Engineer to join our small, dynamic team in West Wales, reporting to the Chief Engineer. This Staff-grade role is ideal for a degree-qualified engineer with a minimum of 2 years' industry experience.

The primary focus is developing new code to support the implementation of diverse payloads on our aircraft, ensuring full integration with the holistic UAS across both aircraft and ground station contexts. You will work with digital translations and data sharing protocols including serial, IP and CANbus, and develop software in Python, C++ and Java, SQL database systems and client portal website interfaces. Code will run across varied platforms, including aircraft companion computers (Raspberry Pi, Arduino), local CPUs and remotely hosted webservers. You will also review and manage legacy code and repositories. A strong command of maths, with familiarity in MatLab and other mathematical modelling tools, is essential.

Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 per year, plus NEST pension and 25 days holiday.
Hours: 0830 – 1630, Monday to Friday.

 

Aviation and Regulatory Compliance Officer

As an Aviation and Regulatory Compliance Officer, you will deliver organised compliance processes through accurate technical writing, careful document handling and timely follow-up. Your work will establish compliance processes, records and document sets to deliver upon the formal compliance aspects of operating fixed wing UAVs within UK, European and other overseas airspace. You will engage with regulatory bodies such as CAA and Ofcom amongst others to ensure UAVE Limited can deliver upon flight program objectives in the UK and abroad. You work will require engaging with design, engineering and operations colleagues so that you can develop and maintain document sets necessary to deliver upon the company compliance objectives.
For the right candidate, this role has clear career path opportunities within UAVE as we leverage opportunity in a rapidly expanding market.

Responsibilities
Develop, maintain and organise aviation and regulatory compliance records, ensuring documents are accurate, current and easy for colleagues to retrieve.
Prepare and maintain document sets to deliver into CAA SORA and SAIL regulatory application, process, follow up and delivery.
Maintain and build our compliance requirement to support our flight operations including CAA and Ofcom. Engage with in house engineers and supply chain expertise for License applications and renewals to ensuring the compliance of our operational capacity.
Support an auditable records inventory of engineering and operational activity building evidence case material of Means of Compliance (MoCs) for applicable Operational Safety Objectives (OSOs). Check records and administrative processes for completeness, flagging discrepancies and following up on corrections.
Track compliance actions and deadlines, update relevant documentation, and share clear progress information with colleagues.
Handle sensitive information carefully and contribute to consistent, well-organised administrative practices.

Experience
Required: You bring strong attention to detail, proven technical reference document set authoring experience, accurate record-keeping, clear written communication and confidence using everyday computer tools to organise documents and track actions. You can manage competing administrative tasks carefully, follow established processes and raise discrepancies promptly. Preferred: Experience in aviation or regulatory administration, compliance support, document preparation and control is required, as would familiarity with maintaining audit-ready records and coordinating follow-up across colleagues. Prior experience with entities such as CAA, MAA, NATS, Ofcom and other formal regulators is expected.

Qualifications and Requirements
Bachelors degree
Prior experience with regulatory compliance
Familiarity with CAA, MAA, NATS, Ofcom

The Company
UAVE Limited is the UK long established fixed wing long flight endurance UAV manufacturer and operator. We manufacture, sell and operate the Prion Mk3 Dragon series of aircraft. UAVE Limited is a UK SME dedicated to building excellent aircraft to service the science community and defence sectors alike. The company administration and design office is located at Aberporth Technology Park adjacent to Aberporth Airport, Wales.

Salary £34,000 - £48,000 p.a.
Office based at Aberporth Technology Park, SA43 2DZ

 

Aerospace - Design \ CAD (Staff Grade)

We are seeking a highly skilled and enthusiastic Aerospace Engineer at Staff Grade to work within a small design team to progress detailed and specific aviation design objectives within our Prion Mk3 Dragon series of large fixed wing long flight endurance UAVs. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge UAS design. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in aerospace design with a passion for pushing the boundaries of UAS technology. Join us to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to pioneering next-generation unmanned systems with precision and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop detailed components and systems for UAS platforms using SolidWorks and Fusion 360.
• Focus on precision and detail throughout our in house and sub-contracted design, moulding and assembly process.
• Contribute towards auditable accurate digital document records keeping.
• Design and perform component and assemblies testing programs to demonstrate means of compliance for third party assessment.
• Work with supply chain companies to deliver upon build requirements to texacting stadards and precision.
• Adopt compliance requirements within workflow, process and testing to support a regulated production process and product.

Experience

• Proven experience in aerospace engineering with a focus on unmanned aerial vehicles or similar platforms.
• Extensive knowledge of CAD systems and design standards for aerospace engineering. Hands-on experience with Fusion 360, SolidWorks and Ansys for detailed design, mechanical integration and modelling.
• Familiarity with and an understanding of regulatory compliance process, requirement and issues within aerospace and more specifically UAS.
• Mechanical knowledge related to system design is advantageous for integrating components within the context of the entire UAS.
• Ability to work within a small driven team and maintain high standards of safety and quality.

Key Responsibilities
Contribute to the design and integration of UAS systems and subsystems · Design in exquisite detail and collaborate with colleagues to ensure compatibility across our UAS platforms · Work effectively with supply chain contributors · Design, manufacture and assemble features of our UAS in a manufacturing context · Diligent records keeping to enable an auditable design through to final manufacture process · Monitor industry technology advances and commercially available solutions to support our continual product enhancement philosophy · Adhere to our Quality Management System and industry sector standards, including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, along with other specific engineering and manufacturing standards · Monitor stock levels in line with forward order book projections and re-order components to ensure production efficiencies · Produce high-standard production reports for internal record-keeping and for sharing with clients alongside aircraft production and service provision formal reports · Represent the company in a technical capacity at trade events, with clients and with industry collaborators

Essential Requirements
Suitably qualified at degree or HND level, or otherwise qualified through a formal apprenticeship scheme, in Aerospace Engineering or a related science-led discipline · 2–5 years' relevant industry experience · Proficiency with design tools · Proficiency with report writing and technical document reference set authoring · Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, accurate technical reports · Ability to work effectively within a small, collaborative team · A science-led, commercially orientated mindset with a desire for career progression.

Desirable
Experience within the UAS, aerospace or defence sectors · Familiarity with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 environments · Experience liaising with component suppliers and managing stock · Exposure to client-facing or trade-event environments. Join us to innovate at the forefront of UAS technology by leveraging your engineering expertise in a fast-paced environment that values creativity, precision, and technical excellence!

Salary: £28,000 – £35,000 per year, plus NEST pension and 25 days holiday.
Hours: 0830 – 1700, Monday to Friday. Office based at Aberporth Technology Park, SA43 2DZ