Senior/ Principal Digital Electronics Hardware Engineer

Quest Global; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in Edinburgh seeks a Senior / Principal Digital Hardware Engineer focusing on high-speed digital electronics design. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience with FPGA and relevant communication protocols. This role includes responsibilities like documentation, supporting integration activities, and potentially supervising junior engineers. Hybrid working may be available after an initial onsite period.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in high-speed digital electronics design.
• Experience with FPGA/microprocessor devices and interconnect technology.
• Hands-on experience with integrating hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Creating high-quality digital electronics designs.
• Documenting deliverables and supporting integration activities.
• Providing progress reports.

Skills

Designing high-speed digital electronics

High-speed serial communication interfaces

Integrating hardware, firmware & software

Signal integrity & power integrity analysis

Schematic capture

Functional simulation

Education

Honours or Masters degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Mentor Graphics (Siemens EDA) DxDesigner

Job description

Overview

Senior / Principal Digital Hardware Engineer – The Senior / Principal Digital hardware engineer is responsible for design, commissioning and test of high-speed digital electronics hardware, i.e. Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCAs) on complex systems for airborne Radar products. The successful candidate may supervise other less experienced digital hardware engineers working on the same project. The role will be based at our customer’s site in Edinburgh and may allow for hybrid working after an initial period of familiarisation onsite.

Responsibilities

• Creating high-quality and robust digital electronics designs
• Documenting and recording deliverables
• Supporting integration & verification activities at hardware and system level
• Keeping designs under configuration control
• Providing progress reports

Work Experience

Essential

• 5 years\' experience of designing high-speed digital electronics using the latest FPGA and/ or microprocessor devices and high-speed interconnect technology
• Experience of high-speed serial communication interfaces/ protocols (e.g. PCIe, Ethernet/ IEEE802.3, SPI, I2C, etc.) and high-speed bus architectures (e.g. DDR3/4)
• Use of high-speed digital design techniques such as signal termination, controlled impedance, matched length tracking, ground/ power planes, decoupling, etc.
• Hands on experience of integrating hardware, firmware & software on FPGA and microprocessor-based PCAs
• Experience of signal integrity & power integrity analysis at board level using Hyperlynx SI/PI or equivalent

Desirable

• Proficient in schematic capture using Mentor Graphics (Siemens EDA) DxDesigner or similar tools
• Functional simulation & timing analysis /constraints at circuit level
• Experience of PCB layout, working closely with and providing guidance to PCB layout engineers on high-speed digital designs
• Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the lead engineer / digital hardware lead & other engineering disciplines
• Experience of liaising with Manufacturing / Production colleagues and external suppliers of key components and assemblies
• Ability to analyse system requirements and derive detailed hardware requirements
• Experience of debugging & testing new hardware designs
• Previous experience of the full hardware design lifecycle and presenting designs for peer and formal design reviews
• Experience in writing technical / documentation
• Relevant experience in the Aerospace/ Defence industry or on other complex/ high-reliability systems
• Knowledge of FPGA/ Software coding languages (VHDL, C, Assembler)
• Experience of hardware requirements capture, requirements management tools and formal verification of hardware requirements
• Experience of supervising other digital hardware engineers, planning and managing work for yourself and a small team

Qualifications

• Honours or Masters degree in Electronics Engineering or related STEM subject
• UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
• Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage

Education

• Degree (BSc/ BEng/ MSc/ MEng) in Electronics Engineering or equivalent