Principal Hardware Engineer
Location: Rochester, full time on site
Rate: £69.72 ph PAYE (£79.86 ph inclusive of holiday pay) or £94.24 p/h Umbrella
Inside IR35
Duration: 12 Months initial
As a 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 leading, innovating cutting edge projects as a member of a very experienced diverse team, with the view to progressing your career in this industry.
Typical duties include:
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
Key Skillset
Knowledge:
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.
Skills:
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.
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