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Senior Hardware Engineer

🏢 Leonardo 📍 Southampton, England 💼 Company - Public

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£42,240 - £65,353

£3,520 - £5,446 / mo

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Location Base

Southampton, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Closing Date:

This vacancy may close at any time, if this role is of interest to you we recommend you apply as soon as possible.

The Opportunity

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Senior Hardware Engineer to join our Southampton based team.

Leonardo in Southampton is a world-leading manufacturer of Infrared detectors covering a broad range of wavelengths. These devices have widespread uses in the military field as well as many applications within the industrial and civil sectors. Leonardo also work closely with the scientific community to develop technologies in the Astronomy and Space sector.

Main Purpose of the Job

To support the design and development of electro-optical test equipment hardware for the company’s range of Infrared detectors, from initial product development through to volume production and through-life support.

To support both new products and in-house test equipment, Leonardo develops electronics that require digitisation of an analogue signal and data processing of the digitised stream. An FPGA is usually used as the timing and data processing engine.

What you will do

Requirements capture, interpretation and generation of design specifications
Electronics schematic design, layout, and simulation
Characterisation/Commission reports of Electronic designs
Validation of designs against requirements
Definition and generation of test plans
Integration and validation at system level
Preparation of technical documentation and reports
Adherence to company governance and quality processes

Key Skills and Experience required

Essential

Degree in Electronics Engineering (or equivalent)
Management of electronics design projects to achieve requirements within cost and time
Use of Schematic Capture tools (Mentor Graphics, Proteus or equivalent)
Ability to communicate technical information within the company and to customers
Demonstrate evidence of good organisation, planning, cost control and execution of work
Ability to work in a team with other engineering and science disciplines
Good Communication and customer liaison skills
Practical ‘hands on’ laboratory test, circuit construction and measurement experience
Experience in using industry standard design tools to generate low noise analogue designs, from initial requirements through commissioning into use.

What we are looking for

Desirable
Knowledge of device drivers and communication protocols (e.g. I2C, SPI, USB, Camera Link).
Experience of hardware design using FPGA devices
Experience in designing with video bandwidth amplifiers for low noise applications
Experience of working with Analogue to Digital converters
Experience of working with high level hardware description languages such as Verilog, and VHDL
Experience in undertaking component selection and de-rating analysis
Familiarity with integrated design tools such as Quartus® II/Prime software, Lattice Diamond, HDL designer and ModelSim
Analysis of hardware designs to determine the optimum FPGA solution
Experience of porting intellectual property (IP) functions and subsystems into an FPGA
Ability to work to recognised standards, such as MIL-STD and IPC-610 specifications
Practical soldering/workshop skills
Experience of SMPS design is also desirable.
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Life at Leonardo
With a company funded benefits package, a commitment to learning and development, and a flexible approach to working hours focused on the needs of both our employees and customers, a career with Leonardo has never offered as many opportunities or been more accessible to as many people.
Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution

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Our UK locations

We have offices around the UK, including Basildon, Bristol, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Luton, Southampton and Yeovil

Committed to Inclusion

We are committed to creating a working environment that is designed to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Hiring Organization

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Location: Southampton, England

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