Lead Hardware Design Engineer

UK Space Jobs; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Space Jobs seeks a senior Lead Hardware Design Engineer in the UK to own the hardware lifecycle, from concept through design, validation and delivery, for FPGA/ASIC-based telecommunications payloads. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team and drive high-performance hardware development.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, deep experience in high-reliability electronics, and the ability to manage complex hardware programs to successful completion.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware design experience.
• Experience with high-reliability electronics.
• Strong leadership abilities.
• Expertise in high-speed digital design.

Responsibilities

• Own the hardware product development lifecycle from specification to testing and verification.
• Lead and coordinate complex hardware development activities within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Hardware design

High-reliability electronics

Leadership

High-speed digital

Job description

This is a senior opportunity for a hardware design engineer with deep high-reliability electronics experience who is ready to take on technical leadership and progress into a Hardware Manager role.

As part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, this role will focus on developing FPGA/ASIC-based telecommunications payloads for a variety of applications, while managing complex hardware development activities.

The successful hardware design engineer will take ownership of the hardware product development lifecycle, including specification, design, testing, detailed circuit design, schematic capture, component selection and electronic simulation.

Lead Hardware Design Engineer — Essential Skills

• 10+ years’ hardware design experience
• Experience working with high-reliability electronics
• Leadership skills
• High-speed digital design

Lead Hardware Design Engineer — Desirable Skills

• RF design and validation
• FPGAs
• Radiation effects and mitigation
• DC/DC power supply design
• Environmental, thermal, safety and EMI/EMC standards

Position: Lead Hardware Design Engineer

Salary: £85k–£100k, potentially more for the right person

Key Skills: High-speed design