hardware engineer

Job Title: Hardware Engineer (Avionics & Embedded Systems)

• IR35: Outside
• Rate: £55-£65 per hour
• Location: South West England (hybrid, 2 days a week in the office)

About the role

We're a growing manufacturer of advanced uncrewed aircraft systems. You'll own the design of safety-critical flight electronics, from schematic and PCB layout through to prototype bring-up and environmental testing.

What you'll do

• Design multi-layer PCBs in Altium Designer for flight computers, power distribution and sensor interfaces
• Implement communication buses including CAN/CAN FD, RS422/485, Ethernet, SPI and I2C
• Design efficient, lightweight DC-DC converters and power circuitry
• Design for harsh environments and meet standards such as DO-160G and MIL-STD-810

What you'll need

• Advanced Altium Designer skills, including high-speed layout and controlled impedance
• Experience with ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers (e.g. STM32); FPGA experience is a bonus
• Hands-on lab skills: diagnostics, soldering, harness integration and test automation (Python/LabVIEW)

Urgent role, interviewing next week. If this matches your skills and experience, send over your CV and I'll be in touch by phone.