Principal Digital Electronics Engineer
Posted 6 days ago by JAM Recruitment Ltd
£85 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Summary: The Principal Digital Electronics Engineer will lead the design and development of advanced digital electronic systems for high-profile defence and security programmes in the UK. This role involves technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and shaping digital hardware architectures throughout the product lifecycle. The position requires collaboration with various teams and engagement with customers and suppliers at a technical level. The role is hybrid and classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the architecture, design and development of complex digital electronic systems
- Define and review FPGA, SoC, and high-speed digital designs
- Oversee requirements capture, design documentation, and verification strategies
- Provide technical authority and governance across multiple projects
- Support system integration, validation, and qualification activities
- Collaborate with systems, software, firmware, mechanical and safety teams
- Engage with customers and suppliers at a technical level
- Mentor and develop senior and junior engineers
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes and standards
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in digital electronics design
- Strong background in FPGA/ASIC development (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog)
- Experience with high-speed interfaces (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SERDES)
- Proven ability to lead technical teams or large work packages
- Experience with requirements management and verification methodologies
- Understanding of signal integrity, timing analysis, and hardware debugging
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in Electronic Engineering or related discipline
- Experience in safety-critical or regulated industries (desirable)
- Knowledge of secure or resilient system design (desirable)
- Familiarity with DOORS, MATLAB, or similar tools (desirable)
- Chartered Engineer status (or working towards) (desirable)
Salary (Rate): £84.55/hour
City: Portsmouth
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Principal Digital Electronics Engineer
12 months
£84.55 per hour (inside IR35)
Hybrid working
About the Opportunity
We are seeking a Principal Digital Electronics Engineer to help deliver advanced electronic solutions across some of the most complex and high-profile defence and security programmes in the UK.
This is a technical leadership role where you will shape digital hardware architectures, influence system-level design decisions, and mentor engineers across the full product lifecycle - from concept through to production and in-service support.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the architecture, design and development of complex digital electronic systems
- Define and review FPGA, SoC, and high-speed digital designs
- Oversee requirements capture, design documentation, and verification strategies
- Provide technical authority and governance across multiple projects
- Support system integration, validation, and qualification activities
- Collaborate with systems, software, firmware, mechanical and safety teams
- Engage with customers and suppliers at a technical level
- Mentor and develop senior and junior engineers
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes and standards
Your Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Extensive experience in digital electronics design
- Strong background in FPGA/ASIC development (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog)
- Experience with high-speed interfaces (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SERDES)
- Proven ability to lead technical teams or large work packages
- Experience with requirements management and verification methodologies
- Understanding of signal integrity, timing analysis, and hardware debugging
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in Electronic Engineering or related discipline
Desirable:
- Experience in safety-critical or regulated industries
- Knowledge of secure or resilient system design
- Familiarity with DOORS, MATLAB, or similar tools
- Chartered Engineer status (or working towards)