Hardware Engineer - All Levels

Leonardo is ranked among the world’s top ten players in Aerospace, Defence and Security, is a global solutions provider and is a trusted long-term partner of choice for governments, institutions and private customers, delivering cutting-edge and dual-use technologies. Our Electronics workforce of more than 4,000 specialists is spread across five main UK sites (Bristol, Southampton, Luton, Basildon, Newcastle and Edinburgh). We are currently hiring for Hardware Engineers of all levels of expertise.

What you’ll do as a Hardware Engineer:

• Supporting throughout the full hardware lifecycle from requirements analysis; through design, and unit test; to integrating hardware with the target system; and lastly to acceptance test and delivery to customer.
• Fully documenting and recording your work products; keeping them under configuration management, and providing plans and progress reports.
• Designing high speed digital Printed Circuit Boards that utilise the latest FPGA, Microprocessor and high speed interconnect technologies.
• Work within a multi-disciplined team of engineers to solve real integration problems on complex systems.
• To be an experience specialist in your field of interest and to be able to form ideas on your own and concept designs and product using best practice.
• Willing to teach others and increase your own knowledge.

You really must have:

• You will have either a HNC/HND or Undergraduate Degree (Electronic Engineering, Physics, or Systems based) or you may just have lots of skills and experience gained through your hard work.
• Familiarity with circuit design (schematic capture) layout and simulation design tools.
• Mixed signal knowledge using ADC/DAC, FPGA, SoC based design for high performance signal processing, communications and control.
• Integrating in-house designs with COTS modules (power supplies, single board computers, RF interfaces).
• Practical experience of debugging, testing and verifying new designs.
• DFx knowledge specifically Design for EMC and EMI.
• Analysing system level requirements documents and understanding their application to Hardware designs.
• Design of high speed serial communication links and knowledge of associated protocols and architectures.
• Hands on experience of Hardware, Firmware & Software Integration of Micro Processor Based designs onto hardware platforms is essential.
• A methodical approach to the full hardware design lifecycle, working to a structured hardware process.
• Debugging, testing and verification of new designs and supporting their commissioning and integration into the target system.
• Ability to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written form.

It would be good if you had some of the following:

• Domain experience in low noise analogue electronics and or power supplies.
• Experience of fast interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, and JESDC.
• Model driven engineering using Matlab and Simulink tools.
• Experience in FPGAs, Micro-processors, Memory and other High speed digital technologies with a desire to grow your knowledge in these domains.

Life at Leonardo:

• Flexible hours with hybrid working options.
• Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance).
• 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year.
• Award winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution).
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion.
• Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme.
• Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera and Linkedin Learning.
• You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member.
• Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below.

Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. At Leonardo UK, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment unlocks our people’s full potential and drives innovation and creativity. We work hard to offer a welcoming, accessible and inclusive place to work for all of our people, creating a culture where everyone can thrive, feel safe and have a sense of belonging and connection.