Hardware Engineer

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

As part of our continued growth in Flight Solution Testing, we are seeking a Hardware Engineer with experience in DO-254-compliant development to support the design, development, and certification of next-generation electric rotorcraft (eVTOL) platforms.

This role is focused on delivering safety-critical airborne electronic hardware, including analogue, digital, and programmable logic-based systems, ensuring compliance with DO-254 objectives and integration into the wider aircraft system. You will play a key role in supporting certification activities across high-integrity powertrain, avionics, and electrical systems.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge aerospace technology within a structured certification environment.

This role is Hybrid working in Bristol.

Responsibilities

Within this role, you will be required to :-

• Develop and deliver electronic hardware designs (analogue, digital, FPGA/PLD) in accordance with DO-254 processes and objectives
• Produce and maintain hardware lifecycle artefacts, including requirements, design documentation, integration plans, and verification evidence
• Participate in all phases of the hardware development lifecycle, including requirements capture, design, implementation, integration, and verificatio
• Define and execute hardware verification and validation activities, ensuring compliance with certification requirements
• Ensure full traceability between hardware requirements, design outputs, and verification activities
• Support the development of verification strategies, including test plans and procedures for hardware qualification
• Collaborate with software, systems, and safety engineering teams to ensure integrated system performance and compliance
• Identify and resolve hardware defects and anomalies, ensuring robust and reliable designs
• Support certification activities, including preparation of compliance documentation and interaction with certification authorities
• Participate in design reviews, audits, and peer reviews, ensuring adherence to DO-254 standards and best practices
• Contribute to configuration management and change control, ensuring integrity of hardware baselines
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Chartered engineer or working towards chartered status within a recognised and relevant professional body.
• Applications are invited from candidates who may hold HNC/HND in a relevant engineering discipline in concert with significant and demonstrable subject matter expertise in the system domain
  
  

Essential Skills

• Strong experience in electronic hardware design, including analogue and digital systems
• Experience with DO-254 processes, including lifecycle data and compliance objectives
• Knowledge of programmable logic design (e.g. FPGA, VHDL/Verilog or similar) where applicable
• Understanding of requirements-driven development and traceability
  
  

Experience with hardware verification and validation techniques

• Knowledge of circuit design, schematic capture, and hardware integration
• Familiarity with configuration management and design assurance processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to produce clear and structured technical documentation
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in multidisciplinary teams
  
  

Desired Skills

• Experience working on avionics, flight control systems, or electrical power systems
• Familiarity with DO-178 / DO-254 processes and hardware/software integration activities
• Experience with high-voltage systems, batteries, or electric propulsion technologies
• Knowledge of EMC/EMI considerations and mitigation techniques
  
  

Experience supporting certification programmes or regulatory audits

• Exposure to Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), eVTOL, or emerging aviation platforms
• Familiarity with hardware description languages and simulation tools
  
  

What Do I Need Before I Apply

• Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK
• Please note: visa sponsorship is not available for this role
  
  

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible Finish
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people
  

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive