At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop cutting-edge electronic hardware for defence applications.
- Company: Join a leading defence programme with a focus on advanced technology.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hands-on experience, and the chance to work on mission-critical projects.
- Other info: 90% onsite role with opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in safety-critical industries while working with top engineering teams.
- Qualifications: Experience in high-integrity or safety-critical industries and eligibility for UK security clearance.
The predicted salary is between 95.44 - 95.44 £ per hour.
Location: Luton, Bedfordshire (LU1)
Duration: 12 Months
Onsite: 90% onsite
Rate: £95.44ph UMBRELLA
Security: We seek an engineer with recent high-integrity or safety-critical industry experience (defence, aerospace, or similar), or eligible for UK security clearance.
The Opportunity: We're looking for an experienced Principal / Lead Hardware Engineer to join a major defence programme developing advanced electronic systems for air, land and maritime platforms. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on complex FPGA and processor-based hardware, contributing throughout the full product lifecycle—from requirements capture and architecture through detailed design, integration, verification and qualification. You'll be working alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver high-performance electronic hardware for safety and mission-critical applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop complex digital and mixed-signal electronic hardware.
- Develop hardware architectures for FPGA, SoC and processor-based solutions.
- Produce schematics and support PCB layout for high-speed digital designs.
- Design and validate interfaces such as DDR memory, PCIe, Ethernet and other high-speed protocols.
- Integrate hardware with embedded software, firmware and FPGA solutions.
- Carry out simulation, verification, validation and design analysis activities.
- Support board bring-up, hardware debugging and fault investigation.
- Work collaboratively with Systems, Software, Firmware, RF, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering teams.
- Support environmental, EMC/EMI and qualification testing.
- Produce technical documentation throughout the engineering lifecycle.
- Support system integration, demonstrations and customer acceptance activities where required.
Essential Skills:
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