Lead Hardware Engineer

Advanced Resource Managers; Luton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers seeks a Hardware Engineer to design and develop high-speed digital hardware for defence and aerospace, focusing on FPGA/SoC architectures and mixed-signal integration.

You will specify architectures, capture schematics, support PCB layout and verification, perform testing and bring-up, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams while adhering to DO-255/DEF STAN/MIL-STD standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing high-speed digital electronics within aerospace/defence or safety-critical industries.
• Hands-on experience with FPGA, SoC architectures (Xilinx/AMD/Intel/Altera or equivalents).
• Board-level debugging with oscilloscopes, logic analysers, spectrum analysers.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex digital/mixed-signal hardware for defence/aerospace applications.
• Define hardware architectures for FPGA, SoC, and processor-based systems.
• Capture schematics and support PCB layout for high-speed designs.

Skills

FPGA design

SoC hardware

High-speed design

PCB layout

Embedded systems

EMC/EMI

Signal processing

Debugging tools

Job description

Please note - Due to the nature of the work, you’ll be required to already hold or be eligible to obtain a high level of UK Security Clearance

Overview:

Required to solve complex technical challenges involving high-speed digital design, FPGA-based architectures, signal processing, hardware integration and system qualification within a highly regulated defence environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop complex digital and mixed-signal hardware solutions for defence and aerospace applications.
• Define hardware architectures for FPGA, SoC and processor-based systems.
• Capture schematics and support PCB layout activities for high-speed, high-performance digital designs.
• Design and verify high-speed interfaces including DDR memory, PCIe, Ethernet and similar protocols.
• Integrate FPGA, processor, software and firmware components into complete system solutions.
• Perform design analysis, simulation, validation and verification activities.
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging and root-cause investigation at board and system level.
• Work closely with Systems, Firmware, Software, RF, Mechanical and Production Engineering teams.
• Support environmental, EMC/EMI and qualification testing in accordance with defence and aerospace standards.
• Produce technical documentation, design evidence and progress reporting in accordance with structured engineering lifecycles.
• Support customer demonstrations, integration activities, acceptance testing and trials.

Experience required:

• Proven experience designing high-speed digital electronics within aerospace, defence or other safety/mission-critical industries.
• Strong background in FPGA and SoC-based hardware architectures (Xilinx, AMD, Intel/Altera or equivalent).
• Practical board-level debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, spectrum analysers and protocol analysers.
• Experience integrating hardware, firmware and software on complex embedded systems.
• Experience developing products to demanding EMC, EMI and environmental requirements.
• Experience designing complex multilayer PCBs incorporating: High-speed serial interfaces; High-performance processors; DDR memory subsystems & FPGA-based signal processing solutions.
• Knowledge of DO-255, DEF STAN, MIL-STD or equivalent aerospace and defence standards.
• Experience with FPGA signal processing architecture