Digital Engineer

My client is looking for a Digital Electronics Engineer to lead the design and delivery of advanced electronics for laboratory and aircraft sensor/communications systems. This is a broad role covering the full product lifecycle from concept and development through early-life production and in-service support with a primary focus on high-speed digital processing electronics and support to RF/analogue power circuitry.

• Knowledge and experience of product development life cycles within a technology or defence related business.
• Practical hands-on experience of high-speed digital hardware circuit design, including schematic entry, component selection and generation of supporting design documentation.
• Experience of PCB prototyping, commissioning and fault-finding using electronic test and measurement equipment within an engineering laboratory environment.
• Experience of working with PCB layout personnel in an advisory capacity.
• Working knowledge of signal & power integrity alongside EMC and grounding best practices at PCB and system level.
• Experience of digital circuit design using FPGA’s, Microcontrollers and DDR/Flash memories.
• Experience of circuit design modelling and simulation tools.
• Experience of generating concise technical reports detailing design solutions, implementation rationale and test reports.
• Experience of following a design lifecycle process, such as participating in design reviews, which come with working in a high technology defence environment.
• A Degree in a relevant engineering or scientific discipline (Electronics Engineering preferred).
• As part of an electromechanical project, be willing to work closely with a mechanical team to create a product solution which addresses all design requirements.

• Analogue circuit design experience with knowledge/hands-on experience of op-amps, ADC’s and DAC driven reference supplies.
• RF circuit design experience with knowledge/hands-on experience of RF amplifiers, multiplexors and signal conditioning.
• Experience of providing support to embedded software and firmware teams.
• Experience of peer reviewing designs and support to system architects / system integration activities.
• Working knowledge of requirements management and design within DO-254
• Security Clearance (SC Clearance)