Senior Digital Hardware Engineer

Are you a Hardware Engineer working on defence products? I have some exciting CONTRACT opportunities for Digital Hardware engineers at various levels on cutting edge defence projects.

These roles are on a hybrid basis with 3 days from home and 2 days in the office per week.

The Senior / Principal Digital hardware engineer would be responsible for design, commissioning and test of high-speed digital electronics hardware, i.e. Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCA’s) on complex systems for airborne Radar products.

The successful candidate may be required to supervise other less experienced digital hardware engineers working on the same project.

The role will be based at our customer’s site in Edinburgh and may allow for hybrid working after an initial period of familiarisation onsite.

Job Responsibilities:

Creating high-quality and robust digital electronics designs
Documenting and recording deliverables 
Supporting integration & verification activities at hardware and system level 
Keeping designs under configuration control
Providing progress reports 

Work Experience

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Essential

Degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or other STEM-based subject
Proven Expertise designing high-speed digital electronics using the latest FPGA and/ or microprocessor devices and high-speed interconnect technology
Proficient in schematic capture using Mentor Graphics (Siemens EDA) DxDesigner or similar tools
Experience of high-speed serial communication interfaces/ protocols (e.g. PCIe, Ethernet/ IEEE802.3, SPI, I2C, etc.) and high-speed bus architectures (e.g. DDR3/4)
Use of high-speed digital design techniques such as signal termination, controlled impedance, matched length tracking, ground/ power planes, decoupling, etc. 
Functional simulation & timing analysis /constraints at circuit level
Experience of PCB layout, working closely with and providing guidance to PCB layout engineers on high-speed digital designs
Hands on experience of integrating hardware, firmware & software on FPGA and microprocessor-based PCA’s
Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the lead engineer / digital hardware lead & other engineering disciplines
Experience of liaising with Manufacturing / Production colleagues and external suppliers of key components and assemblies
Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
Ability to analyse system requirements and derive detailed hardware requirements
Experience of debugging & testing new hardware designs 
Previous experience of the full hardware design lifecycle and presenting designs for peer and formal design reviews
Self-motivated, with an aptitude to problem solve and drive difficult issues to conclusion
Experience in writing technical reports / documentationDesirable

Relevant experience in the Aerospace/ Defence industry or on other complex/ high-reliability systems
Experience of signal integrity & power integrity analysis at board level using Hyperlynx SI/PI or equivalent
Knowledge of FPGA/ Software coding languages (VHDL, C, Assembler)
Experience of hardware requirements capture, requirements management tools and formal verification of hardware requirements
Experience of supervising other digital hardware engineers, planning and managing work for yourself and a small team  

Qualifications

Honours or Masters degree in Electronics Engineering or related STEM subject  

Security

Due to security requirements, these roles are open to SOLE UK NATIONALS ONLY