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BAE Systems

Principal Hardware Engineer

On site

Rochester, United kingdom

£ 94 /hour

Senior

Freelance

24-11-2025

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Skills

Matlab Coaching

Job Specifications

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

Essential

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.
Requirements driven design experience.

Desirable

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.

About the Company

At BAE Systems, we help our customers to stay a step ahead when protecting people and national security, critical infrastructure and vital information. We provide some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions and employ a skilled workforce of 85,800 people in more than 40 countries. From state of the art cyber threat detection to flight control systems that enable pilots to make better decisions, we never stop innovating to ensure that our customers maintain their advantage. Th... Know more