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# Lead Hardware Engineer

- **Company:** ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £85,000 - £100,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Schematic Capture, Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/lead-hardware-engineer/55320085

## About the Role

10+ years' hardware design experience
Experience working with high-reliability electronics
Leadership skills
High-speed digital design
Lead Hardware Design Engineer - Desirable Skills
RF design and validation
FPGAs
Radiation effects and mitigation
DC/DC power supply design
Environmental, thermal, safety and EMI/EMC standards

## Description

This is a senior opportunity for a hardware design engineer with deep high-reliability electronics experience who is ready to take on technical leadership and progress into a Hardware Manager role.
As part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, this role will focus on developing FPGA/ASIC-based telecommunications payloads for a variety of applications, while managing complex hardware development activities.
The successful hardware design engineer will take ownership of the hardware product development lifecycle, including specification, design, testing, detailed circuit design, schematic capture, component selection and electronic simulation.