Head of Hardware

We are seeking a Head of Hardware to join some of the industry's brightest minds dedicated to developing hardware and software authentication and encryption solutions. You will work within our growing Engineering Team, which is responsible for developing, implementing, and testing unique cryptographic protocols and technologies. You will be encouraged to introduce new technologies and drive our solutions in new directions, pushing yourself to reach your own career goals with our support.

You will own and evolve ANGOKA's hardware platforms, following a market led, product focused, hardware roadmap. This role combines hands on electronics design with people leadership, project ownership, and commercial awareness.

You will be responsible for shaping hardware strategy, leading the team through delivery, and supporting customer and partner engagements, including the provision of technical input to bids and proposals. You will have real influence over ANGOKA's hardware strategy and delivery, leading and growing the team while acting as a hands on technical authority across design, delivery, and production.

• Own hardware architecture and set the technical direction across ANGOKA products and projects
• Set and enforce rigorous hardware design standards, review processes, and quality gates
• Act as technical authority for hardware related decisions, risk management, and trade offs
• Ensure hardware designs meet system, security, regulatory, and commercial requirements
• Plan, estimate, and deliver hardware work packages across multiple concurrent projects
• Lead hardware development through full lifecycle: concept, design, prototype, bring up, validation, NPI, and production support
• Be inspired and motivated by rapid innovation and hardware prototyping to demonstrate future capability and capture customer imagination
• Produce and review schematics, PCB layouts, and manufacturing outputs using Altium Designer
• Lead and support EMC/EMI aware design, pre compliance testing, and certification activities
• Own hardware schedules, dependencies, and delivery risks, escalating issues where required
• Line manage and mentor hardware engineers, providing technical guidance, performance feedback, and development support
• Allocate work, set priorities, and balance team capacity across projects
• Build and maintain a high performing hardware team aligned with ANGOKA's product roadmap
• Provide technical input to project bids, proposals, and statements of work, including hardware scope, estimates, and risk assessment
• Represent ANGOKA at customer and partner discussions as the hardware technical lead
• Translate customer requirements into deliverable hardware plans and costed solutions
• Work closely with product management, systems, and commercial teams to shape viable offerings
• Lead supplier selection, component strategy, and obsolescence management
• Work with contract manufacturers and test houses during NPI and production ramp
• Own DFM/DFA reviews and production readiness activities

Required Experience:

• 8+ years of electronics/hardware design experience
• Demonstrated experience in a technical leadership or team lead role, mentoring and technically leading other engineers
• Strong experience with Altium Designer or similar packages
• Proven track record of delivering hardware products through NPI
• Experience of rapid innovation, hardware prototyping, and demonstration of potential capability
• Strong understanding of EMC/EMI design and regulatory compliance (CE/UKCA/FCC)
• Experience in planning, estimating, and delivering engineering work to schedule
• Experience contributing to or leading technical input for customer bids and proposals
• Experience with wireless, cellular, satellite, or industrial communications
• Comfortable working in a fast moving startup or scale up environment
• Familiarity with hardware security techniques
• Exposure to security critical or safety critical systems
• FPGA experience
• Experience with high speed interfaces, RF, or power electronics
• Experience mentoring or technically leading other engineers

At ANGOKA, our mission is to secure the digital foundations of the modern world - embedding trust, resilience, and safety into the communication and data networks that underpin smart cities, autonomous systems, and future aviation. Airports and airspace are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks, as highlighted by recent events in Europe.

ANGOKA is building the technology platform for a safer, more connected future aviation system. Our aim is to focus and operate first in air, and the resultant product and systems would map rapidly across to other sectors, including directly to land and marine transportation.

ANGOKA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment.

At ANGOKA, all our hiring decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that supports and represents our diverse society.