Senior Hardware Engineer

We take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do.

Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

Our business

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, we help to solve our customers' toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

The role

We're looking for an experienced and high performing Engineer to join a successful Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) team within the Global Sensors Mission Area, creating Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems for the military market. The successful candidate will report directly to the APNT Digital Hardware Engineering Lead.

The Senior Hardware Engineer (will consider applications from a Senior level candidate with 10+ years of relevant experience in designing hardware) will be able to make their mark on a broad and varied range of product designs and will be expected to assist in the integration of these designs into products, being the focal point for the complete system.

Main Duties:

The successful applicant will support the APNT Team across various programmes (both internally and Customer funded) and will involve the following main duties:

• Develop requirements to ensure compliance to the relevant standards.
• Work alongside our system engineers on architectures of electronic subsystems
• Schematic creation, PCB design, component selection, evaluation and verification
• Work alongside our embedded software engineers and mechanical engineers
• Generate supporting design documentation and perform regular technical reviews.

Candidate Requirements:

Essential:

• Experience with embedded digital electronics and microprocessor systems
• Experience of working with ADC/DAC
• Experience of working with memory devices such as SRAM, Flash
• Experience working with FPGAs and SoC technologies.
• Experience of creating prototypes and turning them into a production hardware.
• Experience designing PCBs in conformance with defence engineering standards/airborne standards
• Experience in designing for manufacture
• Able to present technical information clearly and concisely to others
• Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills
• An openness to learn and try new techniques
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment - working independently or with others to overcome obstacles
• Capable of analysing and reporting on technical data
• Eligible or holder of current SC security clearance

Desirable:

• Experience of working with the Xilinx chip family
• Familiarity with the application of a systems engineering approach across the design and development life cycle
• Experience using the Mentor Xpedition PCB design tool and SPICE
• Experience creating DO254 compliant electronic systems
• APNT systems domain knowledge and/or experience in a similar field
• Understanding of environmental requirements (shock, vibration, EMC, etc.), experience applying these requirements to a design and experience testing for these requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A flexible working culture that is output. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role.

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