Senior Principal Consultant (Contract/Freelance) - Defence Industry
What you’ll be doing:
* 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 experiences:
* Degree/HND in electronics engineering or an equivalent qualification
* Proven knowledge and experience of digital & or analogue electronics technologies
* Experience of working through the 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
* DO-254 experience.
* High speed digital or mixed signal.
* Experience working on safety critical systems.
* Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise
* Analogue simulations tools, such as Simetrix or Spice
* System development tools, such as Enterprise Architect, Matlab, Simulink
The Hardware Team
As a Senior/ Principal Hardware 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 innovating cutting‑edge projects as a member of a very experienced diverse team, with the view to progressing your career in this industry.
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Contract
Job function: Defense and Space Manufacturing
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