Job Title:
Senior/Principal Hardware Engineer
Location: Rochester
Salary: £55,000 to £65,000
per annum
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
Your skills
and experiences:
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
Capable of providing robust
engineering judgement in all phases of the engineering development
lifecycle.
Robust understanding of product
design and work package control
Desirable:
Mentor Graphics
Expedition Enterprise
Analogue simulations
tools, such as Simetrix or Spice
System
development tools, such as Enterprise Architect, Matlab,
Simulink
Benefits:
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE
Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of
flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits,
including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping
discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual
incentive.
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.
Why BAE
Systems?
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 of thought, rewards
integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your
potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make
sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible.
If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia,
autism, an anxiety disorder etc .) that may affect your
performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about
potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be
aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security
and export control
restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your
nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and
your place of birth can restrict the
roles you are eligible to perform within the
organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve
Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require
higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10
years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting
level required for the
role , to allow for meaningful security vetting
checks.
Closing Date:
3rd February 2026
We reserve the
right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient
applications for the
role . Therefore, if you are interested, please submit
your application as early as possible.
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