Senior Hardware Design Engineer / Architect

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
South Cambridgeshire
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£90,000 / year
CATEGORY
Electronics
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SKILLS

FPGA Hardware Design Analogue Electronics Digital Electronics Embedded Technologies CPUs SoCs DDRx memory

FULL DESCRIPTION

Senior Hardware Design Engineer / Architect - South Cambridgeshire. Salary: Circa £70k - £90k + benefits.

We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Senior Hardware Design Engineer / Architect to join a state-of-the-art R&D company based in South Cambridgeshire. You will be working across an exciting range of different cutting-edge development projects predominantly within the defence and security sector, however, may also get involved in medical device and consumer electronics product development.

You will join the friendly and supportive R&D group, developing technology that makes a difference and has real-world impact. You’ll use your FPGA and hardware design skills to help take designs from concept to prototypes through to design and implementation.

In return you can expect a very competitive salary, excellent benefits package, first class R&D facilities, flexibility / hybrid working will also be considered when required.  

 

Senior Hardware Design Engineer / Architect requirements:

  • 2.1 or above degree in Electronics or closely related equivalent
  • Recent and relevant experience working as a Senior FPGA Engineer / Senior Hardware Design Engineer / Principal Engineer / Hardware Architect designing and developing high-end embedded application hardware architectures
  • Excellent knowledge and experience in analogue and digital electronics design
  • Knowledge of embedded technologies such as CPUs, SoCs, high-speed communication and DDRx memory
  • Experience of full product development lifecycle from concept generation to prototypes through to design and implementation
  • Due to the nature of some of the projects you must be eligible for UK security clearance.

Salary: circa £70k - £90k + benefits

Vacancy Location: South Cambridgeshire (Commutable from Cambridge, Stevenage, North London, St Neots, Luton, Bishop’s Stortford, Bury St Edmunds, etc) 

Sound like you, or someone you know?

If so, please do not hesitate to get in contact with Adam Mayne at Vector Recruitment Ltd on [contact hidden] or [contact hidden].

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