Junior Electrical Design Engineer Full Time NEW

We’re hiring a junior electrical design engineer to join our team in Portsmouth. This is a chance to start your career working on some of the most interesting marine engineering in the country, at a consultancy small enough that you’ll genuinely shape the work from day one.

Who we are

USP Maritime is a naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy based on the waterfront in Portsmouth. We’re deliberately a small team, working with shipyards, design consultancies and end clients on projects from concept through new build to through-life support.

The work

Right now, our project pipeline includes:

• 40m+ fully autonomous ships, where the electrical and control architecture is essentially the vessel
• Defence USVs, smaller unmanned surface vessels with integration challenges that touch every discipline
• High-end superyachts, bespoke systems work where quality and finish are non-negotiable
• Offshore mobilisations, integrating complex equipment at pace

For a junior engineer, the mix is rare. You’d be exposed to autonomy, defence-grade requirements and luxury yacht standards inside the same year, across concept, new build and through-life support. Decisions you make will land on the vessel, not disappear into a long internal review chain.

Who we’re looking for

You’ll have an electrical or electronic engineering degree (or a closely related discipline) and either some early career experience or a strong placement year behind you. We’re more interested in the quality of how you think than the length of your CV. If you’re someone who reads schematics for fun, who’s curious about how systems integrate, and who wants to be trusted with real responsibility quickly, you’ll fit.

We work in a regulated environment covering defence, classification and marine safety, so attention to detail and clear documentation matter. We also work in a small team, so being able to ask the right question, push back when something’s not right, and own a piece of work end-to-end matters just as much.

What we offer

• Hands-on design work on real projects from week one, not two years of drawing revisions
• Genuine breadth across vessel types, from autonomous ships to luxury yachts
• Direct contact with clients, shipyards and end users
• Support towards chartership (IEng, CEng) through IET, RINA or IMechE
• A waterfront office in Portsmouth, two minutes’ walk from the dockyard
• Competitive salary, reviewed on performance not tenure