Senior Hardware Engineer

Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

12/21/2024

Job title: Senior Hardware Engineer

Location: Warton

Salary: £47,683+ (dependent on skills and experience)

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design IT computing server cabinets including assessment of electrical safety and product security
• Produce Hardware General Assembly drawings and Electrical drawings using industry standard drawing toolsets such as Microsoft Visio
• Hardware build of modular computing server cabinets, using basic hand and power tools (screwdrivers, spanners, drills, etc.)
• Installation of network cabling within the cabinets and power distribution hardware, completing all hardware configuration activities including documentation and release
• Assessment of safety and environmental risks
• Production of safety test procedures to satisfy the electrical test requirements for compliance to the Low Voltage Directive (and CE Marking or equivalent)
• Production of basic functional test procedures to confirm that selected IT hardware is operational, along with supporting hardware commissioning at customer premises
  
  

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics STEM subject or equivalent relevant experience
• Experience in mechanical and electrical design, testing, and electrical safety assessment
• Use of standard Microsoft Office tools for word processing, presentations and spreadsheets
• Competent in the build of IT computing cabinets
• Design experience is essential, using tools such as Microsoft Visio
  
  

Desirable

• Familiarity with similar CAD packages is desirable
  
  

Benefits

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Systems And Test Solutions Hardware Team

The Test Solutions Hardware team provide an end-to-end capability for the specification, design, development, production, testing, integration, training and post-delivery support of complex computing and test systems. Test Solutions is a specialist multi-disciplinary organisation covering Systems, Software/Simulations, Electronic/Electrical, Design, Computing Hardware, Support and Training. A strong focus and experience in Product Safety (UK CA or EU CE Marking) and Product Environmental (RoHS and REACH) is required, with experience of meeting tight timescales and budgets

The successful candidate will be responsible for understanding customer requirements, designing hardware, interpreting mechanical and electrical drawings, building and safety testing IT Server Racks/Cabinets. There will also be an opportunity to travel overseas to Qatar or KSA

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 6th January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.