Hardware Engineer

Our client, a leading organisation in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a skilled Hardware Engineer with expertise in electronics design for a contract role. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on advanced projects requiring a deep understanding of system requirements and hardware development.

• Interpretation of system requirements and decomposition into hardware requirements
• Conduct electronics and/or firmware development activities and reviews, covering full system, sub-system, and individual board design/coding
• Ensure technical solutions meet customer, legislative, and business requirements
• Provide technical oversight of engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle
• Support team planning and estimation activities at the beginning of new projects
• Identify and resolve qualification, certification, and safety issues
• Produce project technical documentation, including management plans, requirement specifications, design documents, interface specifications, and acceptance tests
• Liaise with customers and suppliers as appropriate
• Oversee initial test and integration, including formal testing

• Experience across the whole project lifecycle as an electronics/firmware engineer, ideally within the defence sector
• Hands-on experience in designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines
• Successful delivery of reliable solutions to timescale and budget as part of fixed-price contracts
• Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary project team

Additional requirements include:

• Degree (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline
• Exposure to analog and digital technologies, design for EMC, electrical safety & signal integrity including schematic and PCB layout
• Familiarity with one or more PMRP and ECAD tools
• Experience in design for manufacture and a strong understanding of the full project lifecycle
• Prototyping, testing, and verification of electronic subsystems at PCB, unit and sub-system level
• Component selection and an understanding of associated issues including obsolescence and environmental aspects (REACH, RoHS etc.)
• Capable of acquiring SC clearance as a minimum

• Design for low noise, low power analogue receiver front ends utilising JFETs and low noise differential amplifiers
• MicroSemi/Intel FPGA design experience
• ADC, DAC selection and design
• Filter design
• VME/VPX design experience
• Power amplifier design using SIC FET technology up to 1500V DC
• Power supply design mains supply and DC-DC converters
• Cadstar ECAD experience

If you are an experienced Hardware Engineer with a background in electronics design, we would like to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's innovative team and contribute to cutting-edge projects in the Defence & Security sector.