Our client, a leading organisation in the defence and security sector, is seeking an Electronics Engineer role to be based in Harlow. The position will support the development of Digital GPS Anti-Jam Systems within an Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (APNT) engineering team serving the military market.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop electronics and digital hardware requirements to ensure compliance with relevant defence and engineering standards
- Design digital hardware incorporating DSP, microcontrollers, FPGAs, memory, ADCs, DACs and power supplies
- Create and manage digital electronics and firmware architectures, predominantly involving FPGA technology
- Decompose, verify and validate design requirements across product development activities
- Develop FPGA designs using VHDL and embedded C
- Define and perform unit-level and subsystem-level testing for embedded firmware
- Produce hardware and firmware design documentation, test documents, simulation reports, timing analyses and power analysis reports
- Collaborate with embedded systems, software and electronics design engineers, while conducting technical reviews and supporting document release
Job Requirements:
- Significant experience in electronics design, digital hardware development and top-level design architecture
- Experience testing and verifying engineering requirements
- Practical knowledge of DSP, microcontrollers, memory devices, ADCs, DACs and power supplies
- Experience working with FPGAs and System-on-Chip technologies, with the ability to understand VHDL code
- Understanding of embedded firmware development, embedded C and embedded system architectures
- Experience using Vivado and Vitis design tools, or equivalent, and familiarity with the Xilinx chip family would be advantageous
- Knowledge of systems engineering approaches across the design and development lifecycle, with experience of MATLAB/Simulink or Model-Based Systems Engineering tools desirable
- Eligibility for, or possession of, current SC security clearance, together with the ability to analyse technical data and communicate information clearly
Additional Information:
This is acontract opportunity suited to an adaptable Electronics Engineer who can work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic defence engineering environment. Knowledge of defence engineering or airborne standards and experience delivering embedded firmware as part of a product would be beneficial.
