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# Lead Hardware Engineer

- **Company:** Indwin
- **Location:** Bedford, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £135,200.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Altium Designer, Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), OrCAD, PCI Express, Signal Processing, Signal Integrity, Software Requirements Analysis, Verification and Validation (Software), Pcb Layout, Hardware Debugging
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/lead-hardware-engineer/44742012

## About the Role

experience in high-speed digital electronics design gained within defence, aerospace or other highly regulated industries. Essential Strong background in FPGA and SoC-based hardware architectures. Experience designing complex multilayer PCB assemblies. Knowledge of high-speed serial interfaces, processors and memory subsystems. Experience with tools such as Altium Designer, OrCAD, Xpedition or equivalent. Practical hardware debugging and fault-finding experience using industry-standard test equipment. Understanding of signal integrity, power integrity and timing considerations. Experience integrating hardware, firmware and software within embedded systems. Ability to translate system requirements into effective hardware solutions. Experience supporting verification, validation and qualification activities. Desirable Electronic Warfare, Radar, RF, Communications or Sensor Systems experience. Safety-critical or mission-critical product development. FPGA signal processing architectures.

## Description

closely with systems, firmware, software and RF engineering teams to develop robust hardware solutions capable of operating in demanding environments. Key Responsibilities Design and develop advanced digital and mixed-signal hardware. Define hardware architectures for FPGA, SoC and processor-based systems. Create schematics and support PCB layout activities for high-speed designs. Develop and verify interfaces including DDR memory, PCIe and Ethernet. Integrate hardware, firmware and software into complete system solutions. Perform simulation, verification and validation activities. Support board-level bring-up, debugging and fault investigation. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams across the product lifecycle. Support environmental, EMC and qualification testing. Produce technical documentation and engineering evidence to support programme delivery. Support customer demonstrations, trials and acceptance activities. Skills & Experience We're keen to hear from engineers with


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