Principal Hardware Design Engineer

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Principal Hardware Design Engineer, Edinburgh

Client: Leonardo

Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category: -

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 5f9a56ee40e9

Job Views: 11

Posted: 26.04.2025

Expiry Date: 10.06.2025

Job Description:

Opportunity:
We are seeking a Principal Design Engineer to join the Radar Test Equipment delivery team at Leonardo in Edinburgh. You will develop hardware-based equipment for testing, from design verification through acceptance to repair, across our Radar product range.

You will work within a multidisciplinary delivery team, responsible throughout the full Engineering Lifecycle—from requirements capture to final delivery. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a growing team, initially supporting Antenna testing, with future work likely involving other Radar system components.

Progression

We value your talents and aim to help you develop your skills and career. Join us to grow professionally and contribute to innovative projects.

What you will do:

• Design and develop hardware from requirements analysis through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design, procurement, and manufacturing support.
• Integrate hardware with software and firmware, perform acceptance testing, and deliver solutions to customers.
• Create high-quality, robust data packs; document and control work products; and report progress to your line manager.
• Follow established processes and contribute to engineering process improvements.
• Collaborate with Software and Firmware engineers to resolve system-level integration issues.
• Depending on experience, provide technical direction, oversee project deliverables, mentor team members, review engineering estimates, and lead technical initiatives.
• Engage with customers and users to understand requirements and ensure solutions meet their needs.

Experience:

You really must have:

• A degree in Electronic Engineering or related science, or equivalent work experience.
• Self-management, motivation, and a desire for continuous development.
• Ability to analyze system documents and derive detailed requirements.
• Effective communication skills across disciplines.
• Willingness to work independently or in teams to resolve technical issues.
• A methodical approach to hardware design.
• Experience interfacing with key component suppliers.

It would be nice if you had:

• Broad engineering experience across the Product Life Cycle and multiple projects.
• Experience with customer/supplier relations and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Design experience in digital and/or analogue technologies, power supplies, high-speed digital interfacing, and common interfaces (RS422, 1553, I2C/SPI, Ethernet).
• Knowledge of requirements management tools such as DOORS.

Security Clearance:

You must be capable of achieving full SC security clearance and have access to caveated information, such as UK eyes only. For more information, please visit the gov.uk website.