Senior Test Hardware Engineer – Aerospace & Defence

Averna Powered By Spherea; Hurn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Family healthcare and health cashplans

27 days' annual leave plus UK bank HOL

Cycle-to-work scheme

Professional development

Job summary

Averna powered by Spherea in the UK designs, manufactures and supports complex test equipment for aerospace, defence and other regulated industries. Based in Bournemouth, the engineering team delivers bespoke hardware for major contractors and manufacturers.

The Hardware Engineer will analyse requirements, design electrical hardware for automated and manual test systems, and support the full lifecycle from concept to installation, including CE/UKCA conformity activities.

Qualifications

• Degree, HNC/HND in electronic, electrical, aerospace engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in an electrical or electronic hardware design role, with a sound understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience developing electrical/electronic equipment through the engineering lifecycle and selecting or integrating components, instrumentation or commercial hardware.
• Ability to produce clear electrical schematics, wiring information and supporting design documentation.
• Practical fault-finding and diagnostic skills, ideally to component level, and an understanding of manufacturing, assembly, integration and test processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyse customer and system requirements and develop practical hardware solutions, contributing to feasibility studies, concepts and system architecture.
• Design electrical and electronic hardware for automated and manual test systems; select and integrate instrumentation, power supplies, switching, data acquisition, communications and control equipment.
• Define interfaces between the test system, unit under test and associated equipment; support bespoke electronic assemblies and PCB development where required.
• Produce and maintain specifications, schematics, wiring diagrams, interface definitions, bills of materials, design calculations, component-selection records, manufacturing information and verification documentation.
• Prepare hardware costings and estimates of materials and engineering effort; participate in internal and customer design reviews.
• Ensure designs meet functional, safety, reliability, maintainability, cost and schedule requirements, and identify technical risks, component obsolescence and opportunities for improvement.
• Work with engineering, procurement, production, quality and project teams; support procurement, manufacture, assembly and integration, and investigate design, integration and component-level faults.
• Support verification, validation, qualification, factory acceptance testing, installation, commissioning and customer acceptance, including equipment safety assessments and CE/UKCA conformity activities.

Skills

Electrical design

Analog & digital electronics

Schematic drawing

Fault finding

Education

Degree/HNC/HND in electronic/electrical/aerospace engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

OrCAD

Job description

Averna powered by Spherea in the UK designs, manufactures and supports complex test equipment for aerospace, defence and other regulated industries. Based in Bournemouth, the engineering team delivers bespoke hardware for major contractors and manufacturers.

The Hardware Engineer will analyse requirements, design electrical hardware for automated and manual test systems, and support the full lifecycle from concept to installation, including CE/UKCA conformity activities.