Contract

Senior Hardware Engineer

Analogue, Contractor

Posted on 8/14/2025

General Dynamics UK

General Dynamics UK

201-500 employees

UK defense contractor delivering C4I, AFV

No salary listed

Ashford District, UK

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Category
Hardware Engineering (2)
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Required Skills
Oscilloscope
Requirements
  • Proficiency in designing analog circuits, including amplifiers, filters and oscillators
  • Understanding of signal integrity and electromagnetic compatibility principles
  • Familiarity with analog-to-digital conversion including ADCs, DACs, and mixed-signal design
  • Skills in designing power supply circuits and managing power distribution
  • Testing and Debugging: Proficiency in using oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers
  • Hardware design and verification against an agreed set of requirements
  • Good understanding of requirements capture, work package definition and effort estimation
  • Create and modify analogue and digital hardware designs
  • Module and System commissioning
  • Support the manufacturing department during build and test
  • Experience of implementing the development guidelines set out by RTCA/DO-254
Responsibilities
  • Analysis of customer requirements
  • Create & modify electronic designs and architecture
  • Use simulation tools to generate verification test benches
  • Participate in design reviews
  • Configuration control
  • Hardware Integration

General Dynamics UK delivers defence technology and services to the UK MoD, including C4I communications, Armoured Fighting Vehicle capability, and avionics systems. Its products work by designing and integrating end-to-end defence systems that plan, deploy, manage and monitor battlefield information, with systems like Bowman, EvO, AJAX, and aircraft avionics. The company differentiates itself through long-standing MoD collaboration combined with in-house design and manufacturing to deliver large, end-to-end programs from a UK base in South Wales. Its goal is to equip the UK Armed Forces with reliable, integrated communications, combat-vehicle, and avionics systems for current operations and future capability programs.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Blackwood, United Kingdom

Founded

1962

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AJAX production continues at Merthyr Tydfil despite investigations.
  • Full operating capability planned by end of 2029 per Minister Pollard.
  • 185 of 589 AJAX vehicles delivered, meeting contractual requirements.

What critics are saying

  • Ajax delays from noise, vibration issues erode MoD trust in 3-6 months.
  • BAE Systems undercuts on land contracts post-Ajax in 12-24 months.
  • MoD cancels Ajax tranche 1 over £1.2B overruns in 18-24 months.

What makes General Dynamics UK unique

  • General Dynamics UK delivers AJAX vehicles replacing British Army reconnaissance fleet.
  • Supplies Bowman tactical communications as key MoD land partner.
  • Leads MoD R&D in software electronics, avionics, command systems.

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