Hardware Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on Electronics Engineer to join our Hardware team, working on high-performance embedded computing systems used in aerospace and defence applications. Other applications may include products like, flight recorders, air data computers and video systems.

This role is focused on the design and development of complex PCBs, including high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe and Ethernet, within ruggedised VPX/XMC-based systems deployed in military aircraft.

You will be involved across the full product lifecycle - from early concept and schematic design through to layout, bring-up, test, qualification, and production support.

This is a practical engineering role. You will be expected to design, build, debug, and improve real hardware.

• Experience in electronic design
• Understanding of high-speed design, grounding, and EMC and willingness to develop
• Experience with Altium, OrCAD, or similar

Desirable:

• VPX / XMC experience

• DC-DC PSU design

• Aerospace / Defence background (CDR, PDR, DO245 etc)

• Qualification testing exposure

• Hands-on debug and lab experience

• Practical, problem-solving mindset

Work-life balance through our Hybrid working, flexitime program and condensed work week (role dependent) I Paid Time Off I Retirement with Employer Match I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Competitive Pay I Bonus Scheme I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture *

Your Challenge:

• Design and develop multi-layer PCBs for high-speed embedded systems
• Work on interfaces including PCIe and Ethernet
• Contribute to schematic capture and guide PCB layout with signal integrity, grounding, and EMC in mind
• Support board bring-up, debug, and verification in the lab
• Work across analogue, digital, and power domains
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams
• Support environmental and qualification testing
• Contribute to design reviews and technical decision-making
• Support production and resolve issues in deployed hardware

Our Values Environmental, Social and Governance Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solution division is a trusted, proven leader, delivering superior products and services that meet the defense and aerospace industries' toughest challenges with best-in-class value. In 2017, Curtiss-Wright relocated its Avionics, Sensors & Controls and Industrial Business Units into a brand new, purpose-built 160,000 ft2 facility at Bournemouth International Airport. The state-of-the-art facility has extensive design and manufacturing capabilities as well as in-house environmental stress screening. The facility is committed to quality and excellence in manufacturing for our flight recorder, air data computer, video management systems, computing systems, mission displays and video recorder products. As the design center of excellence for flight recorders and air data computers, the units had to be lightweight and small -- crash survivability requirements exceeding the existing standards for commercial aircraft.