Lead Hardware Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 4, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 18, 2026. Capgemini scores A on the Alion truth index.
Your role
Capgemini Engineering are seeking to appoint a Hardware Systems engineer to work on safety critical, defence related projects. You will operate in a project environment working with our team to design an end-to-end hardware/software system.
In this role you will play a key role in:
- Liaise closely with our clients to develop system requirements for safety related/critical, real-time, embedded systems.
- Allocate functional and safety requirements between hardware and software.
- Support project safety engineers in hardware hazard analyses and identify mitigations.
- Develop system hardware architectures and system safety arguments.
- Support activities surrounding EMC qualification and environmental certification.
Your profile
Essential
- Degree qualified in a relevant subject and Chartered Engineer status.
- 10+ years’ experience in the full development lifecycle (requirements to manufacture) of hardware for safety critical, embedded software defence systems.
- A current SC clearance or willingness to apply.
- Experience in formal methods and/or rigorous design notations such as SCADE.
- A good appreciation of safety engineering, reliability engineering and security considerations.
- Strong customer facing and interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Knowledge and/or appreciation of ADA and/or SPARK
- Ability to lead small teams of up to 5 people.
If you're excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply, your unique experience could be just what we need.
Make it real - what does it mean for you?
- Open access to digital learning platforms
- Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
- Declare they have a disability, and
- Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
- Please opt in during the application process.
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Need to know
- Due to the nature of the project this role requires Security Clearance.
- This is a hybrid role requires 2-3 days/week presence in office based in Bath.
- You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusivefuture is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We havebuilt a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.
About Capgemini
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.
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