Senior Hardware Design Engineer (27501)
This established technical consultancy provide expertise to government and industry clients in areas such as cybersecurity and secure communications. Their projects are wide-ranging and can involve PCB design, signal or image processing with FPGAs, low power electronics, RF communications, and embedded software development in C or C++. This is a client-facing development role with a high degree of ownership over your work. You therefore need to be a self-starter, a confident communicator, with the technical depth necessary to take the lead in generating technical solutions, and mentor colleagues when required.
Joining a team of expert engineers, this is a great environment in which to apply your existing electronics design expertise, and further broaden your experience and skill set.
Essential skills and attributes:
- At minimum a 2.1 bachelor's degree a relevant STEM discipline from well ranked university together with A*s and A at A-level (or equivalent). Ideally, you will also have an advanced degree or PhD in a relevant subject
- Previous commercial experience in areas such as PCB layout, FPGA and SoC design, VHDL, embedded C or C++ development, high speed networking, or RF filtering
- Excellent client-facing communication skills
- Ability to obtain a higher level UK security clearance - i.e. British nationality and resident in the UK for the last 10 years
Fully office-based due to the sensitive nature of many of their projects, the company supports flexible working hours to allow for differing individual circumstances. The role features a competitive remunerations package including a pension with generous employer contributions, and an annual performance-related bonus.
Keywords: PCB Design, FPGA, SoC, VHDL, Embedded C, C++, Linux, Device Drivers, Consultancy, Defence, Surrey
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