Lead Hardware Engineer
Based in Luton
12-month contract
Paying up to £70p/h (Inside IR35)
Please note - Due to the nature of the work, you'll be required to already hold or be eligible to obtain a high level of UK Security Clearance
Overview: Required to solve complex technical challenges involving high-speed digital design, FPGA-based architectures, signal processing, hardware integration and system qualification within a highly regulated defence environment.
Responsibilities:
Design and develop complex digital and mixed-signal hardware solutions for defence and aerospace applications.
Define hardware architectures for FPGA, SoC and processor-based systems.
Capture schematics and support PCB layout activities for high-speed, high-performance digital designs.
Design and verify high-speed interfaces including DDR memory, PCIe, Ethernet and similar protocols.
Integrate FPGA, processor, software and firmware components into complete system solutions.
Perform design analysis, simulation, validation and verification activities.
Support hardware bring-up, debugging and root-cause investigation at board and system level.
Work closely with Systems, Firmware, Software, RF, Mechanical and Production Engineering teams.
Support environmental, EMC/EMI and qualification testing in accordance with defence and aerospace standards.
Produce technical documentation, design evidence and progress reporting in accordance with structured engineering lifecycles.
Support customer demonstrations, integration activities, acceptance testing and trials.
Experience required:
Proven experience designing high-speed digital electronics within aerospace, defence or other safety/mission-critical industries.
Strong background in FPGA and SoC-based hardware architectures (Xilinx, AMD, Intel/Altera or equivalent).
Practical board-level debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, spectrum analysers and protocol analysers.
Experience integrating hardware, firmware and software on complex embedded systems.
Experience developing products to demanding EMC, EMI and environmental requirements.
Experience designing complex multilayer PCBs incorporating: High-speed serial interfaces; High-performance processors; DDR memory subsystems & FPGA-based signal processing solutions.
Knowledge of DO-254, DEF STAN, MIL-STD or equivalent aerospace and defence standards.
Experience with FPGA signal processing architecture
Disclaimer:
This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change
