Senior Hardware Engineer

Location: Tewkesbury, ENG, GB

Employment Type: Full-Time

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title – Senior Hardware Engineer
Job Location – Tewkesbury, UK

Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request.
Relocation assistance available.   

Job ID – 34882

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. 

L3Harris in Tewkesbury is part of our Global Spectrum Superiority (GS2) division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
• Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Responsibility for the design and overall quality of complex electronic sub-systems.
• Specification and design of circuits containing functionality including:
• Multi-gigabit High Speed Serial channels (PCIE, 10G Ethernet, USB3 and JESD204B)
• Memory (DDR3, DDR4, Flash)
• Microprocessor (including ARM), FPGA (Xilinx, Intel) and MPSoC (Xilinx) - Power supply design including filtering / isolation, point of load and power sequencing
• Clock tree including jitter specification
• JTAG/Boundary Scan
• Design analysis using industry standard tools such Siemens HyperLynx (SI / PI) and Spice.
• Collaboration with support functions and wider engineering disciplines e.g. software, firmware, PCB and mechanical engineering.
• Support of junior engineers through technical leadership and guidance.
• Estimation, planning and execution of work to build business confidence, report progress and deliver projects.

What you’ll bring 

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Experience of high-speed digital and analogue hardware design, simulation, implementation and verification.
• Experience in the integration and test of PCB assemblies and systems.
• Experience in requirements elicitation and management.
• Experience and knowledge of tools and techniques required to develop production-ready electronic products such as Design for Test, Design for Assembly and Design for Manufacture.
• Experience of Change Management systems (e.g. Aras PLM, Windchill) to manage component and products lifecycle data through the implementation for Problem Reports, Engineering Change Requests, etc.
• Good technical documentation skills.
• An appreciation of RF circuit design, implementation and testing would be beneficial.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.