Defense Electronics Engineer - FPGA & Embedded Firmware

Matchtech; Harlow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech is seeking an Electronics Engineer for a defence sector role based in Harlow. You'll contribute to Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems within an APNT engineering team supporting military markets.

Responsibilities include designing digital hardware, FPGA development using VHDL, embedded C firmware, testing, and creating design documents. You will collaborate with embedded software and electronics teams to ensure compliant, robust electronics solutions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in electronics design and digital hardware development.
• Experience with FPGA architectures, VHDL and embedded C.
• Eligibility for or possession of current SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop electronics and digital hardware requirements to meet defence standards.
• Design digital hardware with DSP, microcontrollers, FPGAs, memory, ADCs/DACs and power supplies.
• Create and manage FPGA-based firmware architectures.
• Decompose, verify and validate design requirements across development activities.
• Develop FPGA designs using VHDL and embedded C.
• Define and perform unit- and subsystem-level testing for embedded firmware.
• Produce design and test documentation, simulations, timing and power analyses.
• Collaborate with embedded systems, software and electronics engineers, supporting reviews and releases.

Skills

Electronics design

Digital hardware development

FPGA design

VHDL

Embedded C

DSP

Microcontrollers

MATLAB/Simulink

MBSE

System-on-Chip

Tests & verification

Tools

Vivado

Vitis

Xilinx toolchain

Job description

Matchtech is seeking an Electronics Engineer for a defence sector role based in Harlow. You'll contribute to Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems within an APNT engineering team supporting military markets.

Responsibilities include designing digital hardware, FPGA development using VHDL, embedded C firmware, testing, and creating design documents. You will collaborate with embedded software and electronics teams to ensure compliant, robust electronics solutions.