Senior Hardware Engineer in Tewkesbury

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defence tech. With customers’ mission‑critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK. Flexible or part‑time working arrangements considered upon request. Relocation assistance available.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
• Flexible or part‑time working arrangements considered upon request
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt‑in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What The Role Will Involve:

• Responsibility for the design and overall quality of complex electronic sub‑systems.
• Specification and design of circuits containing functionality including: Multi‑gigabit High Speed Serial channels (PCIE, 10G Ethernet, USB3 and JESD204B), Memory (DDR3, DDR4, Flash), Microprocessor (including ARM), FPGA (Xilinx, Intel) and MPSoC (Xilinx) – Power supply design including filtering / isolation, point of load and power sequencing, Clock tree including jitter specification, JTAG/Boundary Scan.
• Design analysis using industry standard tools such as Siemens HyperLynx (SI / PI) and Spice.
• Collaboration with support functions and wider engineering disciplines e.g. software, firmware, PCB and mechanical engineering.
• Support of junior engineers through technical leadership and guidance.
• Estimation, planning and execution of work to build business confidence, report progress and deliver projects.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience of high‑speed digital and analogue hardware design, simulation, implementation and verification.
• Experience in the integration and test of PCB assemblies and systems.
• Experience in requirements elicitation and management.
• Experience and knowledge of tools and techniques required to develop production‑ready electronic products such as Design for Test, Design for Assembly and Design for Manufacture.
• Experience of Change Management systems (e.g. Aras PLM, Windchill) to manage component and products lifecycle data through the implementation for Problem Reports, Engineering Change Requests, etc.
• Good technical documentation skills.
• An appreciation of RF circuit design, implementation and testing would be beneficial.

Important to know:

Due to the nature of our work many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks. L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.