Hardware Engineer

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Description

Overall Purpose/Objectives of Role

1. The design, modification, commissioning, verification and proving of electronic circuits digital and analogue.

2. The preparation of documentation to enable the certification/approval of products in accordance with programme-specific requirements.

Key duties:

1. To design, commission and verify analogue and digital circuits in accordance with defined requirements specifications.
2. To undertake hardware qualification activities or through sub-contractors, to ensure implementation of appropriate qualification activities.
3. To ensure designs are documented to the relevant project/Company standards.
4. To specify, design, commission and verify special to type test equipment.
5. To take responsibility for completing hardware engineering activities to cost and schedule.
6. To liaise with other departments and functional groups as necessary.
7. To liaise with sub-contractors as necessary.

Job-Related Experience
Essential
First hand hardware design skills. This should include experience of the complete design life cycle from interpretation of a requirements specification through design, development, debugging and documentation to design proving and certification.
Experience of designing microprocessor circuitry
Experience of designing analogue circuitry (eg amplifiers, filters and signal sampling)
Experience of logic design (including use of logic arrays eg VHDL or DSP) and schematic capture techniques
Knowledge of hardware qualification practices and procedures.
Experience of keeping documentation under formal configuration control
Experience of preparing board and unit level test specifications

Desirable
Familiarity with 68000 series microprocessor architecture and applications
Familiarity with TI TMS320 series DSP architecture and applications
Familiarity with VHDL and programmable logic development tools such as ModelSim and Leonardo Spectrum
Awareness and appreciation of RTCA/DO-254

FER/SB/HE/165425
Job Title: Hardware Engineer
Salary Range : From £30,000 to £36,000
No of required : 1
Duration : Permanent
Location : Fareham
Key skills & experience: Experience of designing microprocessor circuitry

Overall Purpose/Objectives of Role

1. The design, modification, commissioning, verification and proving of electronic circuits digital and analogue.

2. The preparation of documentation to enable the certification/approval of products in accordance with programme-specific requirements.

Key duties:

1. To design, commission and verify analogue and digital circuits in accordance with defined requirements specifications.
2. To undertake hardware qualification activities or through sub-contractors, to ensure implementation of appropriate qualification activities.
3. To ensure designs are documented to the relevant project/Company standards.
4. To specify, design, commission and verify special to type test equipment.
5. To take responsibility for completing hardware engineering activities to cost and schedule.
6. To liaise with other departments and functional groups as necessary.
7. To liaise with sub-contractors as necessary.

Job-Related Experience
Essential
First hand hardware design skills. This should include experience of the complete design life cycle from interpretation of a requirements specification through design, development, debugging and documentation to design proving and certification.
Experience of designing microprocessor circuitry
Experience of designing analogue circuitry (eg amplifiers, filters and signal sampling)
Experience of logic design (including use of logic arrays eg VHDL or DSP) and schematic capture techniques
Knowledge of hardware qualification practices and procedures.
Experience of keeping documentation under formal configuration control
Experience of preparing board and unit level test specifications

Desirable
Familiarity with 68000 series microprocessor architecture and applications
Familiarity with TI TMS320 series DSP architecture and applications
Familiarity with VHDL and programmable logic development tools such as ModelSim and Leonardo Spectrum
Awareness and appreciation of RTCA/DO-254
Awareness and appreciation of RTCA/DO-160 or equivalent
Knowledge of software language such as C/C++ or use of mnemonic language (e.g. processor specific)

Business Skills
Essential
Experience with work package (task) management
Understanding of quality/cost schedule issues
Recognition of and ability to deal with both internal and external customers

Desirable
Use of configuration control/ management tools
Experience of contributing to the management of a project with particular emphasis on working to budget and preparation of engineering estimates.

Personal Skills
Communication:
Essential
Ability to write concise, accurate, grammatically-correct reports and specifications
Ability to relate to other engineering disciplines
Ability to present technical data to management in a clear and concise manner.
Ability to review and critique technical data and documentation produced by others
Innovation:
Ability to devise novel, cost-effective solutions to problems
Management:
Experience of working within teams
Ability to influence outside own formal control
Ability to relate to other team members

Personal Attributes:
Self-motivated with willingness to devise own programme of work
Willingness to accept responsibility for own actions

Desirable
Evidence of continuing professional development
Interest in learning new skills and taking on wider responsibilities
Experience of work package monitoring.

Business Awareness
Understanding of who the stakeholders in a business are
Understanding of the impact of our business performance on our customers

Qualifications and Experience
BSc or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or a closely related discipline
Proven years post-graduate experience in engineering

Other
Prepared to travel in the UK and abroad up to six times per annum, for up to one week at a time.
Willingness to work overtime when required
Current full driving licence

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