Digital Hardware Engineer – On‑Site, Rochester

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Rochester; On-site; GBP 91,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Hardware Engineer - Digital to join a leading defence contractor on an on-site Rochester role. The contract is 12 months long and paid at 80 per hour Umbrella inside IR35.

You will deliver complex hardware design activities, capture requirements, and create preliminary and detailed designs, while conducting analyses to ensure robust solutions. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and producing artefacts to industry standards.

Qualifications

• Experience across the full engineering development lifecycle, from concept to product certification.
• Strong awareness of cost and schedule constraints to meet programme needs.
• Proven ability to provide robust engineering judgement across development phases.

Responsibilities

• Deliver complex hardware design activities in line with development plans, budgets and schedules.
• Capture requirements and produce preliminary and detailed designs.
• Perform analyses to ensure robust solutions and optimise system-level outcomes.
• Coach junior engineers and produce design artefacts meeting standards.

Skills

Digital electronics

Analog electronics

Engineering lifecycle

Cost & schedule awareness

Engineering judgement

Tools

Mentor Graphics Expedition

Simetrix

LT Spice

Enterprise Architect

Matlab/Simulink

Job description

JAM Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Hardware Engineer - Digital to join a leading defence contractor on an on-site Rochester role. The contract is 12 months long and paid at 80 per hour Umbrella inside IR35.

You will deliver complex hardware design activities, capture requirements, and create preliminary and detailed designs, while conducting analyses to ensure robust solutions. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and producing artefacts to industry standards.