Hardware Engineer

Matchtech; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Defence Maritime company is seeking a skilled Hardware Engineer for a contract role in Greenford. The ideal candidate will have experience in electronics design and be familiar with the project lifecycle in the defence sector. Responsibilities include interpreting system requirements, conducting development work, and ensuring solutions meet necessary standards. This position requires working 2-3 days a week on-site.

Qualifications

• Experience across the whole project lifecycle as an electronics/firmware engineer, ideally within the defence sector.
• Hands-on experience in designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines.
• Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary project team.

Responsibilities

• Interpretation of system requirements and decomposition into hardware requirements.
• Conduct electronics and firmware development activities and reviews covering full system design.
• Ensure technical solutions meet customer, legislative, and business requirements.

Skills

Hardware Engineer

Digital

Analogue

Education

Degree in an engineering discipline

Tools

PMRP and ECAD tools

Cadstar ECAD

Job description

Job summary: A leading Defence Maritime company is recruiting for a Hardware Engineer on a contract basis. The role is based in Greenford, requiring presence 2-3 days per week.

Key skills required for this role

• Hardware Engineer
• Digital
• Analogue

Job description

Our client, a prominent organisation in the Defence & Security sector, seeks a skilled Hardware Engineer with expertise in electronics design for a contract role. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on advanced projects requiring a deep understanding of system requirements and hardware development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interpretation of system requirements and decomposition into hardware requirements
• Conduct electronics and/or firmware development activities and reviews, covering full system, sub-system, and individual board design/coding
• Ensure technical solutions meet customer, legislative, and business requirements
• Provide technical oversight of engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle
• Support team planning and estimation activities at the beginning of new projects
• Identify and resolve qualification, certification, and safety issues
• Produce project technical documentation, including management plans, requirement specifications, design documents, interface specifications, and acceptance tests
• Liaise with customers and suppliers as appropriate
• Oversee initial test and integration, including formal testing

Role Requirements:

• Experience across the whole project lifecycle as an electronics/firmware engineer, ideally within the defence sector
• Hands-on experience in designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines
• Successful delivery of reliable solutions to timescale and budget as part of fixed-price contracts
• Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary project team

Additional requirements include:

• Degree (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline
• Exposure to analog and digital technologies, design for EMC, electrical safety & signal integrity including schematic and PCB layout
• Familiarity with one or more PMRP and ECAD tools
• Experience in design for manufacture and a strong understanding of the full project lifecycle
• Prototyping, testing, and verification of electronic subsystems at PCB, unit, and sub-system level
• Component selection and understanding of associated issues including obsolescence and environmental aspects (REACH, RoHS etc.)
• Capable of acquiring SC clearance as a minimum

Desirable Experience:

• Design for low noise, low power analogue receiver front ends utilising JFETs and low noise differential amplifiers
• MicroSemi/Intel FPGA design experience
• ADC, DAC selection and design
• Filter design
• VME/VPX design experience
• Power amplifier design using SIC FET technology up to 1500V DC
• Power supply design mains supply and DC-DC converters
• Cadstar ECAD experience

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