Digital Electronics Hardware Engineer

Certain Advantage • Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB • £84 / hour • 1w ago

World Class Defence Organisation based in Edinburgh is currently looking to recruit a Digital Electronics Hardware Engineer subcontractor on an initial 12 month contract. The role will be a hybrid position of 3 days a week onsite.

Rate: £84.44 per hour (Umbrella)

Digital Electronics Hardware Engineer Job Description:

The Digital hardware engineer would be responsible for design, commissioning and test of high-speed digital electronics hardware, i.e. Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCA’s) on complex systems for airborne Radar products.
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.

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

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Essential

Degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or other STEM-based subject
A minimum of 1 to 3 years’ experience of designing high-speed digital electronics using the latest FPGA and / or microprocessor devices and high-speed interconnect technology
Experience in schematic capture using Mentor Graphics (Siemens EDA) DxDesigner or similar tools
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.
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
Hands on experience of integrating hardware, firmware & software on FPGA and microprocessor-based PCA’s
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
Good communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
Experience of debugging & testing new hardware designs
Previous experience of the full hardware design lifecycle and presenting designs for peer and formal design reviews
Self-motivated, with an aptitude for problem solving and driving difficult issues to conclusion
Experience in writing technical reports / documentation

Desirable

Relevant experience in the Aerospace/Defence industry or on other complex / high-reliability systems
Ability to analyse system requirements and derive detailed hardware requirements
Experience of signal integrity & power integrity analysis (SI/PI) at board level
Knowledge of FPGA / Software coding languages (VHDL, C, Assembler)

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 Type

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

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