Senior Electronics Hardware Engineer – Embedded Systems & FPGA

Entrust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Entrust in Cambridge is seeking a senior Hardware Engineer to lead sections of hardware design, focusing on quality, reliability and security to meet strict customer and certification needs.

The role requires a proven track record on demanding projects, strong collaboration with customers, product managers and software teams, and experience with secure product design. The team spans Electronics, Digital Design, Mechanical and Thermal Engineering in the Cambridge office.

Qualifications

• Degree in electronic engineering or equivalent
• Experience in hardware design for complex systems is essential
• Knowledge of EMC, safety and regulatory standards is desirable

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)
• Carry out hardware design, prototyping, integration and validation
• Ensure manufacturability, testability and reliability of existing designs
• Maintain detailed design documentation and BOMs
• Work within an Agile product development framework
• Collaborate with customers, product managers and software teams
• Plan work with the Engineering team and mentor juniors
• Drive continuous improvement and self-development

Skills

Digital & analogue electronics

Hardware design

Embedded systems

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering

Master's degree in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Hardware Engineering opportunities have arisen in our dynamic and collaborative team because of sustaining activities on existing products and demand for new products. The team is situated in our fantastic, well-located Cambridge office. We are looking for a senior engineer who can take responsibility for sections of the hardware design with a strong focus on quality, reliability and security to meet the exacting needs of our customers and security certification requirements.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a track record of working on demanding projects and delivering high quality designs which form a part of complex systems. A demonstrated ability to work with a range of stakeholders from customers, product managers to software teams is essential. Experience working in the design of secure products would be an advantage.

Hardware Engineering at Entrust comprises Electronic Engineering, Digital Design, Mechanical and Thermal Engineering – the full scope of the physical product platform.

Responsibilities:

• develop high quality Hardware Security Modules (HSMs)
• carry out hardware design, prototyping, integration and validation
• ensure on-going manufacturability, testability and reliability of existing hardware designs
• maintain detailed design documentation, test reports, and bills of materials
• work within an Agile product development framework
• develop excellent working relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and colleagues
• plan work collaboratively with the whole Engineering team
• provide support and direction to less experienced team members
• drive continuous improvement and self-development

Qualifications:

We are looking for candidates who possess:

• a solid understanding of the fundamentals of digital & analogue electronics in product design
• the ability to analyse complex technical problems and offer innovative, reasoned and practical solutions to demanding requirements

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in some of the following technologies:

• electronic design of embedded systems
• development with 32- or 64-bit processors, high speed interfaces & memory devices
• implementing designs with FPGAs & SoCs
• microcontroller development and efficient low power design techniques
• board bring-up and verification of inter device interfaces (e.g. signal integrity analysis)
• design for EMC, safety and regulatory standards
• ECAD systems – ideally Altium
• design of security products

The following skills would also be helpful in the role:

• C or Rust development for microcontrollers
• U-boot and Linux platform configuration and builds

Basic Qualifications:

Degree qualified, or equivalent, in a relevant technical subject, e.g. Electronic Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters qualified, or equivalent, in a relevant technical subject, e.g. Electronic Engineering.