Details:
- Salary: £81.90 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Portsmouth Hampshire
- Date: 4 hours ago
Description:
A leading organisation in the defence and security sector is looking for an Electronics Design Engineer to support the development and delivery of advanced electronic systems within a busy Mission Systems environment.
Key details
Contract length: 24 months
Location: Portsmouth (Broad Oak) - onsite 1-2 days per week
Rate: £60.63 PAYE or £81.90 UMB per hour
Start: ASAP (subject to onboarding)
The role
You'll apply broad electronics design expertise to generate robust, production-ready digital design solutions. You'll be responsible for PLD-level designs and how they interface up into higher-level assemblies and systems, and you'll support peer reviews and design assurance across the wider product area.
Key responsibilities
Deliver detailed digital circuit design including:
component selection and evaluation
simulation and analysis
schematic capture
providing guidance and design intent to PCB layout teams
Develop FPGA/CPLD solutions, including:
VHDL design and implementation
simulation, test, integration and use of embedded IP where required
Perform design verification using a blend of simulation, analysis and test:
support EMC test activity (including external test houses where needed)
support system bring-up and integration activities
Produce clear engineering documentation, design packs and technical reports
Work closely with cross-functional teams including:
systems engineering, EMC, mechanical/thermal, manufacturing, safety, ILS, and configuration / product data management
Contribute to engineering lifecycle activities:
progress reviews, peer reviews, and formal design reviews
provide estimates for your work and deliver within agreed cost/timescale constraints
Skills & experience (essential)
Strong background in board-level digital electronics design (processor interfacing, memory devices, PLD interfacing etc.)
Significant experience in FPGA/CPLD development
Confident working with digital interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet
Experience in design proving, integration and defect resolution
Able to communicate technical information clearly and work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment
Desirable experience
Background in defence / high-integrity / safety-critical engineering environments
Experience with ADC/DAC devices and techniques
Knowledge/exposure to DSP techniques