Senior Digtal Hardware Engineer

Senior Digital Hardware Engineer

Permanent role

Salary: £37,000 to £46,500 pa

Location: Edinburgh

A world class defence organisation specialising in cutting edge radars for the Eurofighter Typhoon and SAAB Gripen fighter jets, as well as Maritime and Airborne surveillance systems are seeking a Senior Digital Hardware Engineer.

You will be responsible for designing high speed digital Printed Circuit Boards that utilise the latest FPGA, Microprocessor and high speed interconnect technologies

Responsibilities - Senior Digital Hardware Engineer

• Designing high speed digital Printed Circuit Boards that utilise the latest FPGA, Microprocessor and high speed interconnect technologies

• Supporting throughout the full hardware lifecycle from requirements analysis; through design, and unit test; to integrating hardware with the target system; and lastly to acceptance test and delivery to customer

• Fully documenting and recording your work products; keeping them under configuration management, and providing plans and progress reports

• Working within a multi-disciplined team of engineers to solve real integration problems on complex systems

Skills and Qualifications - Senior Digital Hardware Engineer

• Analysing system level requirements documents and understanding their application to Hardware designs;

• Schematic Capture using Mentor Graphics Dx Designer or equivalent.

• Hardware design of complex FPGA based designs is essential

• Design of high speed serial communication links and knowledge of associated protocols and architectures

• Hands on experience of Hardware, Firmware & Software Integration of Micro Processor Based designs onto hardware platforms is essential

• A methodical approach to the full hardware design lifecycle, working to a structured hardware process

• Debugging, testing and verification of new designs and supporting their commissioning and integration into the target system;

• Ability to liaise with suppliers of key components and assemblies

• Ability to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written form

• Ability to work on own or as part of a team to resolve technical issues

• Ability to schedule work and manage time in keeping with project timescales and budgets

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