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Hardware Engineer - Digital

JAM Recruitment LtdRochester, Kent🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 22 Oct 2026

Why this role stands out

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to elevate your career at a leading UK defence organisation, featuring a highly competitive rate of £80 per hour and the chance to lead complex, innovative hardware projects. You will thrive in this environment if you are a collaborative engineer passionate about mentoring others and driving high-quality technical solutions from concept to certification. Apply today to make a significant impact while advancing your expertise within a world-class engineering team.

Quick overview

Salary£80/hr
SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeTemporary/Casual
Work modeOn Site
LocationRochester, Kent, United Kingdom
MATLAB

Job description

Hardware Engineer - Digital

Rochester Based

80 per hour Umbrella inside IR35

12 Month Contract

Currently recruiting for a Hardware Engineer - Digital to work within one of the Uk's leading defence organisations in Rochester. This role is full time on site.

This role focuses on delivering complex hardware design activities in line with development plans, budgets and schedules. It includes capturing requirements, producing preliminary and detailed designs, and performing the necessary analysis to ensure robust solutions. The position encourages innovation by identifying improvements to both design approaches and wider engineering practices, while working collaboratively with other disciplines to optimise system level outcomes and manage dependencies effectively.

Alongside technical delivery, the role provides guidance and support across digital and analogue electronics development, helping ensure high quality engineering outputs. It also involves coaching junior engineers to build capability within the team and producing design artefacts that meet company and industry standards.

Knowledge:

  • You will have proven knowledge and experience of digital &/or analogue electronics technologies
  • You will have experience of working through the engineering development lifecycle, from concept to product certification
  • You will have a robust understanding of product design and work package control
  • Ability to demonstrate a good appreciation of cost and schedule constraints on designs, to meet programme needs
  • Familiarity with Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise, Simetrix, LT Spice tools

Skills:

  • You will have the ability to demonstrate a good appreciation of cost and schedule constraints on designs, to meet programme needs and capable of providing robust engineering judgement in all phases of the engineering development lifecycle
  • It is also desirable to have experience of Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise, Analogue simulations tools, such as Simetrix or Spice and System development tools, such as Enterprise Architect, Matlab, Simulink

For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply.

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