Senior Hardware Technical Lead

• Detailed Architectural Design: Lead detailed electronic architecture design, schematic capture, high-speed digital board design, and PCB layout oversight.
• Verification & Test Strategy: Spearhead rigorous hardware design verification (DV) testing.
• New Product Introduction (NPI ): Own the technical NPI hardware lifecycle, ensuring seamless handovers to manufacturing.
• Sustaining Engineering: Provide technical support to resolve complex manufacturing, test, and component obsolescence issues on existing lines.

From time to time, you may be asked to undertake other tasks to achieve project or business objectives.

• Experience: 10+ years of experience within the hardware engineering and electronic design domain.
• Education: Degree in Electronic Engineering or similar discipline.
• Technical Enablement: Experience defining processes and toolsets across PCB, FPGA, and Mechanical disciplines.
• Quality Frameworks: Ability to implement engineering governance and design review metrics across hardware ecosystems.
• Security: Must be a UK sole national and have or, be capable of obtaining, UK security clearance.
• FPGA Workflows: Familiarity with programmable logic integration and high-speed interfaces.
• Manufacturing Optimization: Knowledge of DFT and DFM methodologies.
• Defence Industry Expertise: Proven experience designing, developing, and delivering electronic products tailored for defence, high-assurance, or aerospace applications.
• Mentorship over Management: Proven track record of coaching engineers to improve output quality without administrative heavy-handedness.

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here .