Lead Hardware Engineer

Lead Hardware Engineer

Luton | 4 Days Onsite Per Week

12-Month Contract

£65 per Hour (Inside IR35)

Active SC Clearance Required

Winsearch is currently recruiting for a Lead Hardware Engineer to join a leading defence engineering organisation delivering advanced Electronic Warfare and Defensive Aids Systems across air, land and maritime platforms.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on technically challenging programmes at the forefront of defence technology, developing mission-critical hardware that supports some of the world's most advanced military platforms.

Working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, you'll contribute throughout the entire product lifecycle, from requirements capture and architecture definition through to integration, qualification and customer acceptance.

The Role

As a Lead Hardware Engineer, you'll take a key role in the design and development of complex digital and mixed-signal electronics for high-performance defence applications.

You'll work closely with systems, firmware, software and RF engineering teams to develop robust hardware solutions capable of operating in demanding environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop advanced digital and mixed-signal hardware.

Define hardware architectures for FPGA, SoC and processor-based systems.

Create schematics and support PCB layout activities for high-speed designs.

Develop and verify interfaces including DDR memory, PCIe and Ethernet.

Integrate hardware, firmware and software into complete system solutions.

Perform simulation, verification and validation activities.

Support board-level bring-up, debugging and fault investigation.

Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams across the product lifecycle.

Support environmental, EMC and qualification testing.

Produce technical documentation and engineering evidence to support programme delivery.

Support customer demonstrations, trials and acceptance activities.

Skills & Experience

We're keen to hear from engineers with experience in high-speed digital electronics design gained within defence, aerospace or other highly regulated industries.

Essential

Strong background in FPGA and SoC-based hardware architectures.<...