Senior Hardware Engineer

Company: CBSbutler
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Location: Rochester
Job Description:

Senior Hardware Engineer

Location: Rochester, Kent (4 days onsite)

Salary: £44,000 – 54,000 depending on skills and experience

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential.

As a Senior 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.

What you’ll be doing: Senior Hardware Engineer

  • 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
  • Coaching & developing the skills of junior team members
  • Delivering design artefacts in accordance with company and industry standards
  • Working with other disciplines within an integrated team
  • You’ll also have people manager responsibilities in this role

Your skills and experiences: Senior Hardware Engineer

Essential:

  • 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
  • An inquisitive mind-set, articulate, with excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable:

  • Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise
  • Analogue simulations tools, such as Simetrix or Spice
  • System development tools, such as Enterprise Architect, Matlab, Simulink

Posted: June 8th, 2025