Lead Hardware Designer

Coalesce Management Consulting; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Coalesce Management Consulting (CMC) is seeking an experienced Lead Hardware Architect to drive hardware architecture for space-grade electronics and payload systems in Sweden. You will lead engineering teams, define system requirements and oversee design reviews from prototype to flight-ready products.

The role requires deep analogue/digital design expertise, strong leadership and a proven track record in aerospace or defence contexts, with a focus on high-reliability electronics and space

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electronics development experience.
• Minimum 3 years leading engineering teams.
• Strong analogue and digital electronics design experience.
• Experience with hardware architecture and requirements management.
• Proven ability to guide teams and accelerate hardware development programmes.
• Experience supporting products through full development lifecycle.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Space, aerospace or defence industry experience.
• Knowledge of space standards and high-reliability electronics.
• Satellite, payload or sensor system development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of electronics development projects.
• Define and maintain hardware architecture and system requirements.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to electronics engineers.
• Drive design reviews, technical decision-making and development planning.
• Support the transition of products from proof-of-concept through prototyping, testing and production.
• Ensure technical documentation, requirements and architecture are clearly communicated across the team.
• Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Support verification, validation and qualification activities.
• Contribute to the development of payload electronics, sensor systems and associated hardware platforms.

Skills

Electronics development

Team leadership

Analogue & digital design

Hardware architecture

Requirements management

Proj. lifecycle experience

Communication skills

Space/aerospace experience

High-reliability electronics

Satellite/payload systems

Job description

Coalesce Management Consulting (CMC) has a consulting assignment available for an experienced Lead Hardware Architect to support the development of advanced satellite payload systems for an innovative space technology company in Sweden.

CMC provides expert engineering solutions internationally across Electronics, Embedded Software, Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and other advanced engineering disciplines.

Join Our Latest Project

We are looking for an experienced Lead Hardware Architect to provide technical leadership across the development of complex electronics systems destined for space applications.

The assignment will focus on driving hardware architecture, guiding engineering teams, supporting requirements definition, overseeing technical reviews, and ensuring development progresses efficiently from prototype through to flight-ready products.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of electronics development projects.


• Define and maintain hardware architecture and system requirements.


• Provide leadership, mentoring and technical guidance to electronics engineers.


• Drive design reviews, technical decision-making and development planning.


• Support the transition of products from proof-of-concept through prototyping, testing and production.


• Ensure technical documentation, requirements and architecture are clearly communicated across the team.


• Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams.


• Support verification, validation and qualification activities.


• Contribute to the development of payload electronics, sensor systems and associated hardware platforms.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in electronics development.


• Minimum 3 years of experience leading engineering teams.


• Strong analogue and digital electronics design experience.


• Experience with hardware architecture and requirements management.


• Proven ability to guide teams and accelerate hardware development programmes.


• Experience supporting products through the full development lifecycle.


• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.


• Space, aerospace or defence industry experience.


• Knowledge of space standards and high-reliability electronics.


• Satellite, payload or sensor system development.