Hardware Engineer

Overview

As a Hardware Engineer at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, you will design and deliver RF and high-speed digital hardware from concept to demonstrator. You will work in a multi-disciplinary team to create advanced RF front ends, FPGA/SoC platforms, and mixed-signal subsystems. The role offers hybrid working and the chance to contribute to mission-critical defence technology. You will operate in a collaborative culture that values inclusion and sustainable ways of working.

Pay / Benefits

• lifelong learning
• support for financial and personal wellbeing
• balanced lifestyle
• hybrid working

• Design and develop RF and high-speed digital hardware, including RF front ends, FPGA-based processing platforms, and mixed-signal systems from concept to demonstrator (TRL 2–6+)
• Develop high-quality FPGA designs on Xilinx devices leveraging FPGA/SoC architectures for embedded processing
• Perform RF and analogue PCB circuit design and layout from VLF to microwave frequencies, and high-speed digital PCB design with FPGAs, SoCs, ADCs, DACs

• Strong background in RF hardware engineering, particularly in Radar and/or Electronic Warfare domains (or related)
• Proven ability to produce high-quality, complex FPGA designs on Xilinx devices
• Solid understanding of FPGA and SoC architectures
• Experience in RF and analogue PCB circuit design and layout from VLF to microwave frequencies
• Experience in high-speed digital PCB circuit design and layout, including FPGAs, SoCs, ADCs, and DACs
• Good understanding of RF subsystems, including antennas, front-end electronics, and signal chains
• Experience in hardware prototyping, integration, and test

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Hands-on and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment
• RF hardware engineering (Radar/EW)
• FPGA/SoC design (Xilinx)
• RF/analogue PCB design (VLF to microwave)