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Digital Electronics Design Engineer

Stevenage
2 weeks ago
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High Speed Digital Electronics Design Engineer / Hardware Design Lead

JOB LOCATION: Stevenage

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL: SC needed to start- UKEO

DURATION: 12+ Months Minimum

WORK PATTERN: Full Time – CWs may work from home but the assumption is that the work will be primarily site-based. WFH will only be with prior agreement from the line manager and should not be assumed. CWs must be available to travel to site as / when required

PAY RATE: £58 - £60 Per Hour Umbrella Inside IR35

Essential qualifications

Degree qualified Desirable but not essential

Target industries and companies. Transferable?

Defence and Aerospace

Overview:

As part of a large team of analogue and digital electronics design engineers, you will be responsible for the electronics design and development of high speed MPSoC FPGA and AI hardware solutions targeting SDR, radar signal processing and sensor fusion applications.

Responsibilities:

As Digital Design Engineer you will support the Technical Lead/Architect in collaboration with the systems, software, firmware, mechanical and production teams to specify elegant and optimised solutions that satisfy customer needs. Once the specification has been agreed, you will be responsible for the detailed design of the high speed digital aspects as well as leading all the other electronics design activity through the full product development lifecycle.

Skillset/Experience Required:

  • Experience in complex, high speed digital electronics design.

  • Experience in MPSoC FGPA, DDR and Flash memory and high speed serial interconnect design

  • Experience in SI and PI Analysis

  • Proficiency in VHDL to support board level test and debug

  • Proficiency in C, C++, or Python to support board level test and debug

  • Familiarity with DSP concepts for SDR, radar signal processing and optical sensors

  • Ability to develop elegant hardware architectures through detailed understanding and collaboration with systems, software, firmware, mechanical and production teams

  • Strong academic background to support this intellectually demanding role

  • Strong desire to drive collaboration and ensure successful delivery.

  • Excellent ability to configure and document designs to a high professional standard.

    Due to the sensitive nature of the work it will be entirely on-site at either Bristol or Stevenage.

    Location: Stevenage or Bristol

    Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 days per week on-site, due to workload classification. This could be less depending upon project requirements

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