Digital and Hardware Design Engineer

Electus Recruitment; 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 oversee the electronics design and development of critical hardware solutions. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in high-speed digital electronics, familiarity with MPSoC FPGA, and proficiency in programming languages like VHDL or C. This role requires collaboration across various engineering teams and offers a competitive salary with bonuses, onsite meals, and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Annual bonuses

Paid overtime

Subsidised meals

Relocation package available

Qualifications

• Proven experience in high-speed digital electronics design.
• Strong academic background in electronics or related field.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for electronics design and development of high-speed MPSoC FPGA.
• Work across multidisciplinary teams to specify optimized solutions.
• Participate in full product development lifecycle.

Skills

Experience in complex, high-speed digital electronics design

Proficiency in VHDL

Proficiency in C, C++, or Python

Familiarity with DSP concepts

Education

Strong academic background in electronics or related field

Tools

MPSoC FPGA

DDR and Flash memory

High-speed serial interconnect tools

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

Become a technical lead in the field of high-speed complex digital electronics at this well-established defence company that produces military weapons systems will reward your hard work 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 to specify 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 through 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.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

This is a permanent position.