Hardware Architect

Hardware Architect - Cheadle

Permanent Position available Immediately

The Hardware Architect works collaboratively with the Hardware Products Manager and Hardware Products Architect to ensure the design is based on existing Products (building blocks) as much as practicable to capitalise on cost benefits, design efficiencies and to reduce technical debt.
The role operates works within the team allocated to provide the architectural solution and ensure technical compliance of their work with the solution requirements.

Main tasks include specifically:

• Ensure that hardware architecture stability is maintained across life cycle phases from Bid to Delivery
• Direct and coordinate hardware architecture studies
• Approve the technical, technological and methodological choices taken in respect of the selected hardware architecture
• Guarantee adherence to in-scope standards, reuse policy and product development plans
• Identify modelling, simulation and prototyping opportunities
• Co-ordinate product definition and assessment of trade-offs between aspects of cost, customer requirements and technological possibilities
• Prepare the Design & Justification Files
• Provide knowledge on state-of-the-art hardware architecting, taking account of future developments

Skills required:

• Level 6 Qualification in a hardware engineering related discipline eg BEng(Hons) Electronic or Mechanical Engineering
• Evidence of the ability to architecturally design a solution in line with requirements, including the ability to derive high level requirements
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other engineers to develop a solution
• Knowledge of the Engineering Development Lifecycle with experience in V&V, Requirements, Certification or Qualification.

Desirable:

• Chartered Engineer
• Knowledge of Lean & Agile Development techniques
• INCOSE CSEP
• Model based solution design experience

Adecco - AKKA is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.