Electronics Engineer

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

Our client, a leading organisation in the defence and security sector, is seeking an Electronics Engineer role to be based in Harlow. The position will support the development of Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems within an Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) engineering team serving the military market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop electronics and digital hardware requirements to ensure compliance with relevant defence and engineering standards
• Design digital hardware incorporating DSP, microcontrollers, FPGAs, memory, ADCs, DACs and power supplies
• Create and manage digital electronics and firmware architectures, predominantly involving FPGA technology
• Decompose, verify and validate design requirements across product development activities
• Develop FPGA designs using VHDL and embedded C
• Define and perform unit-level and subsystem-level testing for embedded firmware
• Produce hardware and firmware design documentation, test documents, simulation reports, timing analyses and power analysis reports
• Collaborate with embedded systems, software and electronics design engineers, while conducting technical reviews and supporting document release

Job Requirements:

• Significant experience in electronics design, digital hardware development and top-level design architecture
• Experience testing and verifying engineering requirements
• Practical knowledge of DSP, microcontrollers, memory devices, ADCs, DACs and power supplies
• Experience working with FPGAs and System-on-Chip technologies, with the ability to understand VHDL code
• Understanding of embedded firmware development, embedded C and embedded system architectures
• Experience using Vivado and Vitis design tools, or equivalent, and familiarity with the Xilinx chip family would be advantageous
• Knowledge of systems engineering approaches across the design and development lifecycle, with experience of MATLAB/Simulink or Model-Based Systems Engineering tools desirable
• Eligibility for, or possession of, current SC security clearance, together with the ability to analyse technical data and communicate information clearly

Additional Information:

This is acontract opportunity suited to an adaptable Electronics Engineer who can work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic defence engineering environment. Knowledge of defence engineering or airborne standards and experience delivering embedded firmware as part of a product would be beneficial