- Electronics Engineer
12 month contract (Inside IR35) - Harlow (on site) – BPSS Required
Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Electronics Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team developing advanced Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems for the military and defence market.
The successful candidate will work across a range of product development programmes, supporting the design, development, integration and verification of digital electronics and embedded firmware.
Key Responsibilities - Develop and manage electronic design requirements in line with relevant standards.
- Design and develop digital hardware incorporating DSPs, microcontrollers, FPGAs, memory, ADCs, DACs and power supplies.
- Create and manage architectures for digital electronics and embedded firmware, particularly FPGA-based systems.
- Decompose, analyse and verify technical design requirements.
- Develop FPGA designs using VHDL and Embedded C.
- Define and perform unit-level and subsystem-level testing of embedded firmware.
- Produce and maintain hardware and firmware design documentation.
- Create detailed test documentation and verification reports.
- Produce firmware simulation, timing and power analysis reports.
- Work closely with embedded systems, software and electronics engineers throughout the development lifecycle.
- Participate in technical reviews and support the formal release of engineering documentation.
Essential Experience- Proven experience creating top-level digital electronics design architectures.
- Experience with requirements analysis, testing and verification.
- Practical experience working with DSPs, microcontrollers, memory, ADCs, DACs and power supply technologies.
- Experience working with FPGAs and SoC technologies.
- Ability to understand and interpret VHDL code.
- Experience analysing and reporting technical data.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a dynamic engineering environment.
- Willingness to learn new techniques and technologies.
- Eligible for, or currently holding, UK SC security clearance.
Desirable Experience- Experience using Xilinx Vivado and Vitis, or equivalent FPGA development tools.
- Experience working with Xilinx FPGA devices.
- Experience delivering embedded firmware as part of a complete product.
- Knowledge of Embedded C.
- Experience developing embedded system architectures.
- Understanding of systems engineering principles across the design and development lifecycle.
- Knowledge of defence engineering and/or airborne standards.
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools, such as MATLAB/Simulink.