Job vacancy - Digital Electronics Design Engineer

Position: Digital Electronics Design Engineer
Reference: acsIPAdigelecdeseng
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: Dependent on experience
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Job Title: Digital Electronics Design Engineer

Do you have the minimum Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, ideally specialising in FPGA/Digital Techniques? Do you have 5 years or more design experience? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly experienced team of people and company.

Main Purpose:

To support R&D Engineering in developing best in class, complex high speed digital PCB assemblies for high reliability applications. Utilising the latest FPGAs, Microprocessors and high speed interconnects.

Main Responsibilities - Duties

  • Responsible for the creation of FPGA designs using VHDL and working within a structured FPGA design framework.
  • Design digital state machine architectures and logic circuits.
  • Assist manufacturing to resolve technical problems as required.
  • To provide assistance to other departments in order to meet overall Company objectives
  • Schematic Capture using Zuken CadStar.
  • Analogue design skills using DSP, FPGA, PLO, DAC/ADC SDRAM & SPI devices.
  • Performing design analysis, i.e. parts stress and worst case.
  • Work in a multi-functional department supporting RF, Mechanical and Production Engineers.
  • Analyse, decompose and identify work breakdown for complex technical interface requirements.
  • Support software development Engineers to ensure system operation meets specification.
  • Support Project Management in customer meetings and design reviews.
  • To develop and maintain strong working relationships with other team members within Manufacturing, Engineering and Quality functions.
  • Supervise and guide Technicians engaged in evaluation of hardware and subsystems.
  • To understand and work to clearly defined goals with respect to quality, output, timescale and program costs.
  • Generate and review product and project design documentation.
  • Support Business development in generating customer quotes and proposals.
  • To ensure that all Environmental Health and Safety / Company Policies are adhered to at all times.
  • Attend departmental meetings as required.
  • To provide assistance to other departments in order to meet overall Company objectives

Education/ Experience:

  • Minimum Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, ideally specialising in FPGA/Digital Techniques.
  • 5 years or more design experience
  • Knowledge of RF Design techniques an advantage.
  • Worked with Development Engineering and Manufacturing groups to transition product into production
  • Previous experience within UK Aerospace and Defence contractors an advantage
  • Will be eligible to obtain UK Secret Security Clearance / UK Security Clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs.

Key Competencies:

  • Experience of the complete hardware design cycle, from requirements capture, through schematic design and constraints capture
  • Knowledge of RTL in VHDL using Altera or Xilinx IDE environments.
  • Experienced in high speed digital and mixed signal circuit design.
  • Generation of test Benches in VHDL for validation and verification of VHDL designs using ModelSim IDE.
  • Familiarity with boundary scan utilities to support JTAG testing and debug.
  • Familiarity of the main DSP families & development of embedded code in C++
  • Experienced in bring-up and debug of high density digital hardware including BGA and multilayer PCB.
  • Working knowledge of serial interfaces such as RS485, RS422, MLVDS, etc…
  • Knowledge of RADAR subsystems and beamforming an advantage.
  • Commissioning of prototype designs at board and unit level.

ACS are recruiting for a Digital Electronics Design Engineer If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Digital Electronics Design Engineer please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Digital Electronics Design Engineer It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Digital Electronics Design Engineer with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Digital Electronics Design Engineer role you desire.