Job Description:

Hardware Development Engineer

Competitive salary based on experience
Farnborough, Hampshire
On-site

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Hardware Development Engineer to join a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team designing and delivering secure digital hardware solutions. This is a hands-on role covering the full development lifecycle, from concept and design through to testing, production support, and customer integration.

What You’ll Do

• Take ownership of hardware design and delivery across the full product lifecycle.
• Specify and design high-speed digital boards for products and test equipment.
• Create, build, and test development and production test equipment.
• Capture schematics and support PCB layout activities.
• Work closely with Mechanical, Software, and Systems engineers to ensure seamless integration.
• Carry out hardware design verification and support system and software testing.
• Produce development and production test processes and documentation.
• Provide production support, including resolving test and manufacturing issues and training production staff.
• Manage design changes, component obsolescence, and integration of secure data products into customer platforms.

What We’re Looking For

• Degree in Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• Full hardware development lifecycle experience with a strong understanding of electronic design fundamentals.
• Proven background in high-speed digital circuit development and signal integrity.
• Strong hardware testing and troubleshooting skills using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and similar tools.
• Proficiency with industry-standard CAD tools such as Cadence or Mentor schematic/layout.
• UK national status and the ability to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).

Desirable Skills

• Experience supporting production and using Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacture (DFM) techniques.
• Embedded firmware design experience in C, C++, Assembler, or Python.
• Software design for test and test equipment development.
• Ability to write test specifications and carry out hardware and system testing.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on innovative, secure hardware technologies, contributing to projects with real-world impact while developing your expertise in a collaborative and forward-thinking engineering environment.

If you want, I can also turn this into a shorter job-board version or a more polished client-facing advert.