Digital Hardware Engineering Lead

BAE Systems - UK; Cowes; On-site; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative firm as a Digital Hardware Engineering Lead, where you'll shape the future of radar technology. This role offers the chance to lead complex engineering projects, from concept through delivery, ensuring high-performance radar systems. Collaborate with a diverse team in a culture that values integrity and empowers you to reach your potential. With a focus on electronics design and system integration, you will play a key role in developing cutting-edge solutions to meet emerging threats. If you're passionate about engineering and eager to make a real impact, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Competitive Pension Scheme

Employee Share Plans

Flexible Health Benefits

Private Health Plans

Shopping Discounts

Green Car Scheme

Annual Incentive

Qualifications

• Strong background in Electronics Engineering with focus on digital design.
• Experience in data analysis using MATLAB or Excel is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of advanced radar systems.
• Define and integrate hardware and digital subsystem interfaces.

Skills

Electronics Engineering

Data Analysis

High-speed Digital Design

System Integration

Signal Processing

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering

STEM Degree

Tools

MATLAB

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Digital Hardware Engineering Lead

Location: Cowes

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

What you’ll be doing:

• Contributing to the overall design and development of advanced radar systems, supporting the growth of new products from concept through to delivery
• Leading the definition and integration of hardware and digital subsystem interfaces, including high-speed data, control, and calibration signals
• Developing hardware specifications and architectures for digital components, including both bespoke and off-the-shelf solutions
• Translating signal processing concepts into real-world solutions through modelling, simulation, and requirement definition
• Defining and coordinating system timing strategies to enable efficient scheduling and real-time performance across subsystems
• Supporting system-level testing, calibration, and design assurance activities to ensure product performance and reliability

Your skills and experiences:

Essential skills:

• Strong background in Electronics Engineering, with a focus on digital high-speed and complex design
• Experience in data analysis using tools such as MATLAB or Excel
• Degree in electronics engineering, physics preferred but could have any STEM degree, or experience equivalent

Desirable skills:

• Understanding of system integration and design assurance processes
• Familiarity with high-speed digital communications
• Solid grasp of all hardware disciplines, with multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge
• Previous experience working with radar systems, particularly AESAs (Active Electronically Scanned Arrays)

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Future Radar team:

Join us in shaping the Future of Radar Technology, we are evolving our radar portfolio enhancing our existing and developing brand-new radar products to address emerging and future threats in the realm of Future Air Dominance. With strong collaboration from our customers and investment in talent, our strategy is to stay at the forefront of defence innovation.

As the Digital Hardware Engineering Lead, you will be focused on the electronic aspects of hardware design, offering the opportunity to lead complex engineering efforts across the full development lifecycle from requirements definition through to system integration, customer acceptance, and support.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Closing Date: 22nd April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.