Digital & Hardware Design Engineer

Electus Recruitment Solutions; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established defence company in the UK is seeking a High Speed Digital and Hardware Design Lead to take on the electronics design and development of high-speed solutions. This role involves collaboration across engineering teams to specify optimized solutions that meet customer needs. The ideal candidate should have solid experience in high-speed digital electronics, MPSoC FPGA expertise, and proficiency in programming languages for testing. Excellent salary and hybrid working conditions are offered.

Benefits

Annual bonuses

Paid overtime

Subsidised meals on-site

Qualifications

• Solid experience in high-speed digital electronics design.
• Experience with MPSoC FPGA, DDR and Flash memory.
• Proficiency in C, C++ or Python for testing and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for electronics design of high-speed solutions.
• Work across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Participate in electronics design activities throughout product lifecycle.

Skills

Complex high-speed digital electronics design

MPSoC FPGA

C, C++ or Python proficiency

SI and PI Analysis

DSP concepts knowledge

Education

Strong academic background in electronics

Tools

VHDL

Job description

High Speed Digital and Hardware Design Lead

Salary: Circa £58,000-£65,000 plus annual bonuses

Locations: Stevenage or Bristol (relocation package available)

Hybrid working: 3-4 days per week on-site or less, depending upon project requirements

Become a technical lead in the field of high-speed complex digital electronics at this well‑established defence company that produces military weapons systems, and be rewarded significantly with bonuses, paid overtime and subsidised meals on‑site, among other benefits.

The Role

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.

Work across multidisciplinary engineering teams to support the Technical Lead/Architect in specifying elegant and optimised solutions that satisfy customer needs.

Focus on the detailed design of high‑speed digital aspects, as well as participating in other electronics design activities throughout the full product development lifecycle.

About You

• Solid experience in complex, high-speed digital electronics design with a strong academic background.
• Experience in MPSoC FPGA, DDR and Flash memory and high-speed serial interconnect design.
• Experience in SI and PI Analysis.
• Proficiency in VHDL to support board-level testing and debugging.
• Proficiency in C, C++ or Python to support board-level testing and debugging.
• 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.

Are you a motivated digital design expert who wants to work on cutting-edge products and advance your career in a high‑calibre defence organisation? Then this is the role for you.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to British or Dual Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

This is a permanent position.