Job Description:
We are looking for a senior High-Speed Digital Electronics Engineers to join the GCAP development team in Leonardo, to work at the either Edinburgh or Newcastle site. GCAP is an exciting new project team designing a new radar sensor. You will be working within a multi-disciplined delivery team with responsibility across the full engineering lifecycle from requirements capture to final delivery. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a highly skilled team at a time of significant growth of the GCAP programme.
What you’ll do as a Senior High-Speed Digital Electronics Engineer:
This is an exciting opportunity for you as an experienced engineer to bring your skillset and knowledge into our working environment. You will:
Designing high speed digital Printed Circuit Boards that utilise the latest FPGA, microprocessor and high-speed interconnect technologiesSupporting throughout the full hardware lifecycle from requirements analysis; through design, and unit test; to integrating hardware with the target system; and lastly to acceptance test and delivery to customerFully documenting and recording your work products; keeping them under configuration management, and providing plans and progress reportsWorking within a multi-disciplined team of engineers to solve real integration problems on complex systemsWhat we need from you:
Qualifications: first or second degree (BSc, BEng, MEng, MSc, PhD, EngD) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (preferable) or related science (e.g. Physics)Analysing system level requirements documents and understanding their application to hardware designsSchematic capture experienceDesign of high-speed serial communication links and knowledge of associated protocols and architecturesHands on experience of hardware, firmware & software integration of microprocessor-based designs onto hardware platforms is essentialA methodical approach to the full hardware design lifecycle, working to a structured hardware processDebugging, testing and verification of new designs and supporting their commissioning and integration into the target systemAbility to liaise with suppliers of key components and assembliesAbility to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written formAbility to work on own or as part of a team to resolve technical issuesAbility to schedule work and manage time in keeping with project timescales and budgetsSecurity Clearance