FPGA / Digital Electronics Hardware EngineerCertain Advantage ā¢ London, England, United Kingdom
FPGA / Digital Electronics Hardware Engineer
Certain Advantage
- London, England, United Kingdom
- London, England, United Kingdom
About
The department are looking to recruit a number of contractors who have skills in FPGA, VHDL, Xilinx or Digital design.
Rate Ā£80 per hour (Umbrella)
Location Your base site can be any of the following (depending on your preference): Edinburgh, Southampton, Luton, Newcastle, Basildon, Bristol, or Yeovil.
Job Description The Digital hardware engineer would be responsible for design, commissioning and test of high-speeddigital electronicshardware, i.e. Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCA's) on complex systemsfor airborne Radar products.
The role will be based at our customer's site in Edinburgh or Luton and may allow for hybrid working after an initial period of familiarisation onsite.
Key Responsibilities
Creating high-quality and robustdigital electronicsdesigns
Documenting and recording deliverables
Supporting integration & verification activities at hardware and system level
Keeping designs under configuration control
Providing progress reports
Skills, Qualifications and Experience required Essential
Degree or equivalent inElectronicsEngineering or other STEM-based subject
A minimum of 1 to 3 years' experience of designing high-speeddigital electronicsusing the latest FPGA and / or microprocessor devices and high-speed interconnect technology
Experience 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 lengthtracking, 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
Good communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
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 for problem solving and driving difficult issues to conclusion
Experience in writing technical reports / documentation
Desirable
Relevant experience in the Aerospace/Defence industry or on other complex / high-reliability systems
Ability to analyse system requirementsand derive detailed hardware requirements
Experience of signal integrity & power integrity analysis (SI/PI) at board level
Knowledge of FPGA / Software coding languages (VHDL, C, Assembler)
Qualifications
Honours or Masters degree in ElectronicsEngineering or related STEM subject
UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage
Education Type
Degree (BSc/ BEng/ MSc/ MEng) in ElectronicsEngineering or equivalent
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Languages
- English
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