Job Description
As a Hardware Electronics Verification Engineer, you will join the Fareham team to support programmes within the UK Aerospace sector.
Working as a consultant for ALTEN, you will be embedded on complex, safety-critical projects, contributing to the verification and validation of electronic hardware used in advanced defence and aerospace systems. This role offers hands-on exposure to high-integrity electronics, rigorous certification standards, and full lifecycle development in a highly regulated environment.
Location: Fareham
On Site: Hybrid – 2+ days per week on site
Clearance: Full right to work in the UK (SC clearance desirable)
Experience Level: 8+ Years
Key Responsibilities
* Verify and validate electronic hardware designs, including analogue and digital circuits, power supplies, and processing elements.
* Develop and execute verification strategies, test plans, and test procedures aligned with defence and aerospace standards.
* Perform hardware testing, including functional, environmental, and high-voltage testing where required.
* Support system-level integration, verifying interfaces between power electronics, control systems, sensors, and associated subsystems.
* Produce and review technical documentation, including verification reports, compliance evidence, and architecture documentation.
* Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including PCB designers, thermal engineers, systems engineers, and suppliers to ensure robust verification coverage.
Qualifications
Required Skills
* Strong experience in hardware electronics verification within safety-critical or mission-critical environments.
* Solid understanding of analogue and digital electronics, power electronics, and embedded hardware.
* Experience working across the full electronics lifecycle, from requirements analysis through verification and certification.
* Knowledge of DO-254 and DO-160 (E–G) standards and their application within regulated programmes.
* Ability to analyse top-down and bottom-up requirements and operate across multiple TRLs.
Required Qualifications
* A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.
* 8+ years’ experience in electronics hardware design, verification, or validation, ideally within defence, aerospace, or high-integrity industrial systems.
* Strong technical writing and communication skills, with experience reviewing and approving engineering documentation.
Desirable Skills
* Experience with MATLAB, LTSpice, and PCB design tools such as Cadence or Altium.
* Exposure to thermal simulation or analysis tools such as ANSYS.
* Familiarity with supplier engagement, component selection, and verification of externally developed hardware.
Additional Information
Why join us?
We bring together entrepreneurial, tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.
At ALTEN, you’ll work on exciting projects, supported by ongoing learning, mentoring, and clear career development tailored to your goals.
Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow, today.
In short you get:
* A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
* A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
* Private Medical Insurance
* Cycle & Tech Scheme
* Employee assistance programme
* Life insurance & Pension Scheme
* Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings
* Flexible way of working (role dependent)
We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community, including veterans, reservists, service leavers, and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.
This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.