Digital Hardware Engineering Lead

BAE Systems; Bembridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company is seeking a Digital Hardware Engineering Lead to contribute to advanced radar systems design and development. This role involves leading hardware integration and ensuring product performance. The position offers flexibility in working hours and a competitive salary package, including bonuses and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Strong background in Electronics Engineering with focus on digital design.
• Experience with radar systems, particularly AESAs.
• Understanding of system integration and design assurance processes.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to design and development of advanced radar systems.
• Leading hardware and digital subsystem interface integration.
• Supporting system-level testing and design assurance activities.

Skills

Electronics Engineering

Data Analysis

System Integration

High-Speed Digital Communications

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering

STEM Degree

Tools

MATLAB

Excel

Job description

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Full Job Description

Job Title: Digital Hardware Engineering Lead

Location: Cowes

Salary: Up to £75,000depending on skills and experience plus bonus scheme

What you’ll be doing:

• Contributing to theoverall design and development of advanced radar systems, supportingthe growth of new products from concept through to delivery
• Leading the definition and integration of hardware and digitalsubsystem interfaces, including high-speed data, control, andcalibration signals
• Developing hardware specifications andarchitectures for digital components, including both bespoke andoff-the-shelf solutions
• Translating signal processingconcepts into real-world solutions through modelling, simulation, andrequirement definition
• Defining and coordinating systemtiming strategies to enable efficient scheduling and real-timeperformance across subsystems
• Supporting system-leveltesting, calibration, and design assurance activities to ensureproduct performance and reliability

Your skills andexperiences:

Essential skills:

• Strongbackground in Electronics Engineering, with a focus on digitalhigh-speed and complex design
• Experience in data analysisusing tools such as MATLAB or Excel
• Degree in electronicsengineering, physics preferred but could have any STEM degree, orexperience equivalent
• Understanding of system integration and design assurance processes
• Familiarity with high-speed digital communications
• Solid grasp of all hardware disciplines, with multi-disciplinaryengineering knowledge
• Previous experience working with radarsystems, particularly AESAs (Active Electronically Scanned Arrays)

As well as a competitivepension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, anextensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestylebenefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans andshopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Future Radar team:

Join us in shaping theFuture of Radar Technology, we are evolving our radar portfolioenhancing our existing and developing brand-new radar products toaddress emerging and future threats in the realm of Future AirDominance. With strong collaboration from our customers and investmentin talent, our strategy is to stay at the forefront of defenceinnovation.

As the Digital Hardware Engineering Lead, you willbe focused on the electronic aspects of hardware design, offering theopportunity to lead complex engineering efforts across the fulldevelopment lifecycle from requirements definition through to systemintegration, customer acceptance, and support.

Our workplacein Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with aregular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferryterminal to site.

As the world has evolved, so has the way wework. Our working approach, will enable you to have flexibility withyour working hours, depending on your role and location. This couldinclude accruing hours as well as flexibility around start and finishtimes, ensuring you can balance life at work, on site and life athome.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place whereyou’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of aninclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity,and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. Wewelcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that ourrecruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have adisability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, ananxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certainassessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potentialreasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAESystems are subject to both security and export control restrictions.These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, anynationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birthcan restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within theorganisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve BaselinePersonnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels ofNational Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting levelrequired for the role, to allow for meaningful security vettingchecks.

Wereserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficientapplications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, pleasesubmit your application as early as possible.