Principal Hardware Engineer
JAM is looking for a Principal Hardware Engineer
Job description
Principal Hardware Engineer
Initial 12 Month Contract
Full time on site
Rochester, Kent
£94.24 Per Hour (Umbrella Rate - Inside IR35)
The Role
- Executing complex hardware design tasks in accordance with the hardware development plan, whilst meeting agreed timescales and allocated budgets
- Conducting hardware requirements capture, preliminary design, detailed design including a range of analysis tasks
- Adopting an innovative approach to design and identifying improvements to working practices
- Working with other disciplines within an integrated team to optimise solutions and minimise impacts from dependencies
- Providing technical guidance and support to the development and delivery of all aspects of digital &/or analogue electronics solutions.
- Coaching & developing the skills of junior team members
- Delivering design artefacts in accordance with company and industry standards
The Candidate
- Working knowledge and experience of digital &/or analogue electronics technologies
- Experience of working through the full engineering development lifecycle, from concept to product certification
- Ability to demonstrate a good appreciation of cost and schedule constraints on designs, to meet programme needs
- Capable of providing robust engineering judgement in all phases of the engineering development lifecycle.
- Robust understanding of product design and work package control.
- Proven ability in digital &/or analogue electronics technologies.
If this position is of interest, please send an application through to Tom McGuire by clicking “Apply Now”.
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- Rochester
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 05-02-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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