Hardware Electronics Engineer

Company Description

Are you passionate about engineering? Do you want to make a difference?  

ALTEN is a global engineering and technology consultancy operating across over 30 countries worldwide. We partner with industry leaders across sectors including Aeronautics, Aerospace, Defence, Naval, Automotive, Energy, Rail, and many more to deliver innovative engineering solutions that drive technological advancement and support sustainable transformation. Our teams of passionate and agile engineers work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of technology and sustainability. At ALTEN, we empower talented engineers to innovate, solve complex challenges, and deliver impactful solutions that build tomorrow’s world—today.

Job Description

Join ALTEN UK’s expanding Defence Electronics team in Northern Ireland, working on mission-critical hardware that powers next-generation aerospace and defence platforms. You’ll take designs from concept through to production, contributing to high-integrity systems where performance, safety, and reliability are paramount. This role offers the opportunity to shape the foundation of our new Belfast engineering hub, collaborating with some of the UK’s most advanced defence programmes.

• Location: Belfast
• On-site requirement: 3–5 days per week
• Clearance: Active SC Clearance preferred / must be eligible (5+ years UK residency)
• Seniority: 5+ years’ experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead electronic design and development activities across digital and analogue domains, including schematic capture, simulation, and design-for-manufacture checks.
• Deliver across the full PCB development lifecycle – from requirements capture through layout and prototype bring-up to product release.
• Support EMC and environmental compliance, working closely with test teams to investigate and resolve design issues.
• Perform lab-based debugging, using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and other measurement tools to identify and root-cause hardware issues.
• Collaborate with Systems, Firmware, and Manufacturing teams to ensure seamless hardware integration and product maturity.
• Participate in design reviews, ensure traceability to requirements, and uphold high standards of quality and reliability.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Strong background in analogue and digital circuit design (schematic capture, simulation, component selection).
• Experience across the PCB design lifecycle, including layout review and hardware bring-up.
• Knowledge of IPC standards and EMC/ENV design principles.
• Skilled in hardware debug, test instrumentation, and fault diagnosis.
• Awareness of requirements management, configuration control, and design documentation best practices.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Altium Designer, Mentor Graphics, or similar ECAD tools.
• Understanding of signal integrity, power electronics, or mixed-signal systems.
• Familiarity with safety-critical or high-reliability hardware design environments (e.g. aerospace, defence, or energy).
• Exposure to hardware-software integration and embedded systems verification.
• Practical experience supporting environmental qualification or EMC testing.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be eligible for or already hold UK Security Clearance (SC)
• A Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field OR
• A relevant background in UK Armed Forces with equivalent hands-on engineering experience.

Additional Information

Why Join Us?

We foster a community of dually talented individuals who are both entrepreneurs and technology specialists. Our teams embody the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling us to develop solutions most efficiently. 

Our commitment to sustainable growth is unwavering, and we continuously strive for accelerated transformation and continuous improvement. Through ALTEN labs, mentoring programs, internal universities, and more, we are always pushing boundaries and embracing new possibilities. 

We offer incredible opportunities to join inspiring projects in the most innovative companies. 

We prioritise your career development with personalised support plans tailored to your own aspirations. We're here to empower you and help you reach your full potential. 

Join our passionate team and start building tomorrow, today! 

In Short You Get:

• A personalised career path and a rewarding management style 
• A chance to work on the most exciting engineering projects and technologies along with Premium Customers
• A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
• A competitive salary
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• Cycle-to-work Scheme among many additional benefits
• Social atmosphere, regular gatherings, and team buildings
• Flexible way of working (role dependent)