Senior Hardware Engineer

Location: Enfield, North London
Sector: Defence / Maritime / Radar Technology
Employment: Permanent

We are looking for an experienced Senior Hardware Engineer to join an established engineering team developing advanced electronic systems used within maritime navigation and surveillance applications.

This is a hands-on electronics design position offering ownership across the full hardware development lifecycle, from translating system requirements into board-level designs through development, verification, testing and introduction into manufacture.

The Role

As Senior Hardware Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, development and verification of complex electronic hardware and PCB assemblies.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Design and development of high-speed digital electronic hardware

• Analogue circuit design and simulation

• Schematic capture and multilayer PCB design/layout

• Signal integrity considerations across complex board-level designs

• Translating system-level requirements into robust electronic designs

• Hardware bring-up, testing, verification and troubleshooting

• Producing test specifications, circuit descriptions and supporting technical documentation

• Supporting FPGA-based designs and hardware/firmware integration

• Interfacing with RF hardware and associated electronics where required

• Developing scripts and tools to configure, test and verify hardware

• Supporting existing electronic assemblies through investigation and fault finding

• Working closely with manufacturing during the introduction of new hardware and test solutions

• Identifying technical risks and contributing to design reviews

• Supporting component selection, lifecycle management and obsolescence activities

• Taking ownership of technical tasks throughout the complete product development lifecycle

About You

We are interested in speaking with experienced Electronics or Hardware Engineers with a strong background in board-level electronic design.

Ideally, you will have experience across several of the following areas:

• High-speed digital electronics

• Multilayer PCB design and layout

• Schematic capture and PCB CAD tools such as Altium Designer or OrCAD

• Signal integrity

• Analogue electronics and circuit simulation

• FPGA-based hardware, ideally with exposure to VHDL

• Embedded C and hardware/firmware integration

• RF electronics or interfacing with RF systems

• MATLAB

• Automated hardware testing or scripting

• Hardware verification, validation and board bring-up

• Component lifecycle and obsolescence management

• Supporting electronics through development and into manufacture

Experience within defence, aerospace, radar, communications, marine electronics, instrumentation or another complex electronic product environment would be particularly relevant.

You should be comfortable taking ownership of designs, solving complex technical problems and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering and manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

A degree, HND/HNC or equivalent experience within Electronics Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering or a closely related discipline would be preferred.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join an established technology business developing sophisticated electronic systems for demanding real-world applications.

You'll work across the full engineering lifecycle and have the opportunity to contribute directly to the development, verification and ongoing improvement of complex hardware products.

Occasional UK travel may be required.

For further information or a confidential discussion about the position, please get in touch.