Principal Hardware Engineer
2 days ago
Portsmouth
As a Senior Hardware /Principal Engineer, you will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team to formulate and optimise innovative hardware engineering solutions, for products such as Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors and other associated safety-critical technology. This role will provide you with the opportunity to work with leading, innovating cutting edge projects as a member of a very experienced diverse team, with the view to progressing your career in this industry. Your main responsibilities as a Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer will involve: • Executing complex hardware design tasks in accordance with the hardware development plan, whilst meeting agreed timescales and allocated budgets, • Conducting hardware requirements capture, preliminary design, detailed design including a range of analysis tasks, • Adopting an innovative approach to design and identifying improvements to working practices, • Working with other disciplines within an integrated team to optimise solutions and minimise impacts from dependencies, • Providing technical guidance and support to the development and delivery of all aspects of digital &/or analogue electronics solutions., • Coaching & developing the skills of junior team members, • Delivering design artefacts in accordance with company and industry standards Your skills and qualifications: • Degree/HND in electronics engineering or an equivalent qualification, • Working knowledge and experience of digital &/or analogue electronics technologies, • Experience of working through the full engineering development lifecycle, from concept to product certification, • Ability to demonstrate a good appreciation of cost and schedule constraints on designs, to meet programme needs, • Capable of providing robust engineering judgement in all phases of the engineering development lifecycle., • Robust understanding of product design and work package control., • Proven ability in digital &/or analogue electronics technologies. Working knowledge of the following tools would be advantageous: • Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise, • Analogue simulations tools, e.g. Simetrix or Spice, • Timing designer tools, e.g. Chronology, • Signal integrity tools and principles, • System development tools, e.g. Enterprise Architect, Matlab, Simulink, • Requirements management tools, e.g. DOORS, • Proven ability working on safety critical systems. What we're looking for in you: • A self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills, • Able to deliver to tight timescales and budgets, • An inquisitive mind-set, with good problem-solving skills, • Have good relationship management skills, • Articulate, with strong written and verbal communication skills, • Manage and prioritise your own workload with minimal supervision, • Experience of stakeholder management, • Solid organisational skills with specific emphasis on attention to detail, • Ability to peer review & technically guide the work of others, • Solid organisational skills with specific emphasis on attention to detail, • Experienced in stakeholder management, • A desire for learning and self-development