A leading Defence Maritime company is 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 role
Hardware Engineer, Digital, Analogue
Important
Our 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.
* Design for low noise, low power analogue receiver front ends utilising JFETs and low noise differential amplifiers.
* ADC, DAC selection and design.
* Power amplifier design using SIC FET technology up to 1500V DC.
* Power supply design mains supply and DC-DC converters.
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.
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