Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer
// Role Summary
BAE Systems is seeking a Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer in Rochester to execute complex hardware design tasks, lead design activities, and contribute to innovative defence and aerospace solutions. This role offers career progression within a supportive and diverse team environment.
// Key Responsibilities
- Execute complex hardware design tasks within defined timescales and budgets.
- Lead hardware requirements capture, preliminary, and detailed design activities.
- Provide technical guidance and support for digital and/or analogue electronics solutions.
- Coach and develop junior team members.
- Work with cutting-edge projects on safety-critical technology like Helmet Mounted Displays and Flight Controls.
- Familiarity with engineering development lifecycle, DO-254, and relevant design tools is essential.
// Role Specification
About the Role
Join BAE Systems as a Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer, where you will be instrumental in executing complex hardware design tasks in alignment with development plans, ensuring timely and budget-conscious delivery. You will operate within established engineering processes and hardware standards, contributing to the creation of high-quality, reliable design outputs. This role demands strong analytical capabilities and a structured problem-solving approach.
You will take the lead in hardware requirements capture, preliminary design, and detailed design activities. A significant part of the role involves performing various analysis tasks to validate technical decisions and foster an innovative mindset by identifying opportunities to enhance design efficiency and improve working practices.
Core Duties
- Collaborate within an integrated, multidisciplinary team to optimize solutions and minimize impacts from dependencies with other engineering disciplines.
- Provide technical guidance and support for the development and delivery of all aspects of digital and/or analogue electronics solutions.
- Coach and develop the skills of junior team members, fostering a collaborative learning environment.
The Hardware Team
As a Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer, you will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team formulating and optimizing innovative hardware engineering solutions. You will work on products such as Helmet Mounted & Head-Up Displays, Mission Computers, Flight Controls, Active Inceptors, and other associated safety-critical technology. This role offers the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge projects as a member of an experienced and diverse team, with a clear path for career progression within the industry.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
- Degree/HND in electronics engineering or an equivalent qualification.
- Proven knowledge and experience of digital and/or analogue electronics technologies.
- Experience working through the engineering development lifecycle, from concept to product certification (e.g., DO-254).
- Demonstrated appreciation of cost and schedule constraints on designs to meet programme needs.
- Robust understanding of product design and work package control.
- Familiarity with design tools such as Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise, Simetrix, and LT Spice.
Security and Export Control
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions may impact the roles you are eligible to perform based on factors such as your nationality, any previous nationalities held, and your place of birth. All applicants must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) as a minimum. Many roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, which typically necessitates 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK, depending on the vetting level required.