FPGA DESIGNER HERTFORDSHIRE STEVENAGE DEFENCE

FPGA Designer

Description

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One of our key clients requires a versatile digital design engineer who is capable of performing complex digital design duties within the Processor Product Group working on a range of satellite equipments.

Other key tasks will include, managing component supply issues, performing component stress analysis and reliability analysis.

Key Skills
- Strong understanding of electrical and electronic engineering fundamentals
- Knowledge & experience of digital circuit design including combinational, sequential, algorithmic, synchronous & asynchronous circuits
- Detailed requirements capture experience for complex digital designs including FPGA design flow.
- substantial proven FPGA VHDL design experience
- Design for manufacture and test
- Experience/knowledge of a wide range of electronic design automation tools and processes, including: schematic capture, verification and physical realisation of digital, analogue and mixed-signal circuits at various levels of packaging, e.g. ASIC, FPGA, PCB, MCM

Desirable skills
- Knowledge of analogue circuit design
- Stress and reliability analysis
- Experience of performing Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA's)
- Knowledge of software as applied to embedded systems
- Component selection technology, interpretation of data-sheets & specifications, technical discussions with component vendors & their representatives, qualification programmes

Supporting Skills
- Preparation of technical proposal material
- Computer literate - good IT skills
- Follows good design processes, practices and reviews
- Product Cost sensitivity to overall non-recurring & recurring costs
- Project schedule sensitivity to resource implications of design

Special Aptitudes
- Good engineering degree qualification or equivalent
- Electronics-related mathematics
- Design of electronics for space
- Good documentation and communication skills
- Team-working skills
- Technically astute - expert in your field

Disposition
- Self-starter
- Confident
- Optimistic with positive outlook
- Assertive
- Team player
- Strong motivation level
- Responsible and professional
- Flexible approach

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and hold security clearance


Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Matchtech Group PLC