Principal Hardware Engineer

What you’ll be doing:

• Executing complex hardware design tasks in accordance with the hardware development plan, whilst meeting agreed timescales and allocated budgets
• Conducting hardware requirements capture, preliminary design, detailed design including a range of analysis tasks
• Adopting an innovative approach to design and identifying improvements to working practices
• Working with other disciplines within an integrated team to optimise solutions and minimise impacts from dependencies
• Providing technical guidance and support to the development and delivery of all aspects of digital &/or analogue electronics solutions
• Coaching & developing the skills of junior team members
• Delivering design artefacts in accordance with company and industry standards

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree/HND in electronics engineering or an equivalent qualification
• Proven knowledge and experience of digital &/or analogue electronics technologies
• Experience of working through the engineering development lifecycle, from concept to product certification
• Ability to demonstrate a good appreciation of cost and schedule constraints on designs, to meet programme needs
• Capable of providing robust engineering judgement in all phases of the engineering development lifecycle.
• Robust understanding of product design and work package control
• DO-254 experience.
• High speed digital or mixed signal.
• Experience working on safety critical systems.
• Requirements driven design experience.

Desirable

• Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise
• Analogue simulations tools, such as Simetrix or Spice
• System development tools, such as Enterprise Architect, Matlab, Simulink

The Hardware Team

As a Senior/ Principal Hardware Engineer you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors, and other associated safety-critical technology.

This role will provide you with the opportunity to work with innovating cutting-edge projects as a member of a very experienced diverse team, with the view to progressing your career in this industry.