Hardware Engineer

Matchtech Group

  • Greenford, West London
  • £75.00 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
A leading Defence Maritime company are recruiting for a Hardware Engineer on a contract basis. The role is based in Greenford 2-3 days per week.Key skills required for this roleHardware Engineer, Digital, AnalogueImportantHardware Engineer, Digital, AnalogueJob descriptionOur client, a leading organisation in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a skilled Hardware Engineer with expertise in electronics design for a contract role. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work on advanced projects requiring a deep understanding of system requirements and hardware development.Key Responsibilities:
  • Interpretation of system requirements and decomposition into hardware requirements
  • Conduct electronics and/or firmware development activities and reviews, covering full system, sub-system, and individual board design/coding
  • Ensure technical solutions meet customer, legislative, and business requirements
  • Provide technical oversight of engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle
  • Support team planning and estimation activities at the beginning of new projects
  • Identify and resolve qualification, certification, and safety issues
  • Produce project technical documentation, including management plans, requirement specifications, design documents, interface specifications, and acceptance tests
  • Liaise with customers and suppliers as appropriate
  • Oversee initial test and integration, including formal testing
Role Requirements:
  • Experience across the whole project lifecycle as an electronics/firmware engineer, ideally within the defence sector
  • Hands-on experience in designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines
  • Successful delivery of reliable solutions to timescale and budget as part of fixed-price contracts
  • Ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary project team
Additional requirements include:
  • Degree (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline
  • Exposure to analog and digital technologies, design for EMC, electrical safety & signal integrity including schematic and PCB layout
  • Familiarity with one or more PMRP and ECAD tools
  • Experience in design for manufacture and a strong understanding of the full project lifecycle
  • Prototyping, testing, and verification of electronic subsystems at PCB, unit and sub-system level
  • Component selection and an understanding of associated issues including obsolescence and environmental aspects (REACH, RoHS etc.)
  • Capable of acquiring SC clearance as a minimum
Desirable Experience:
  • Design for low noise, low power analogue receiver front ends utilising JFETs and low noise differential amplifiers
  • MicroSemi/Intel FPGA design experience
  • ADC, DAC selection and design
  • Filter design
  • VME/VPX design experience
  • Power amplifier design using SIC FET technology up to 1500V DC
  • Power supply design mains supply and DC-DC converters
  • Cadstar ECAD experience
If you are an experienced Hardware Engineer with a background in electronics design, we would like to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's innovative team and contribute to cutting-edge projects in the Defence & Security sector.

Matchtech Group