Satellite Digital Electronics Lead Hardware Engineer
Apply- Job Location: Stevenage, England
- Type: Contract
- Posted: 21/12/2022
This role will be known internally as a “Hardware Responsible Engineer” for flight equipment. The role entails hardware aspects of requirements management, design and interface specification, test specification, reports and design analyses.
Able to interpret circuit board designs accommodating multiple FPGA / ASICs and high speed ADCs / DACs.
Interface with experts in other departments (e.g. Mechanical, PCB layout).
Generate, oversee and configure technical documentation.
Note – this is not an RF design position
Job Profile
Typical tasks, activities, responsibilities –
Coordination of technical elements for a Digital PCB based equipment, working with and overseeing the work of design engineers in the same functional team
Review circuit diagrams, iterating design where necessary due to circuit analysis outputs and PCB layout constraints
Consider switching speeds, rise and fall times, feedback and interference, impedance of devices, signal transmission
Review detailed design analysis e.g. WCA, PSA, FMEA
Interface with internal support functions e.g. Thermal and Mechanical design, EMC, parts procurement
Lead engineering investigations, troubleshooting and problem resolution activity
Skills
Essential:
High speed Digital electronic circuit board specification, schematic capture, component selection, board bring up and related analyses.
Desirable:
Mentor DxDesigner.
Requirements management (DOORS).
Experience
Essential:
Lifecycle experience of a Digital equipment – design / manufacture / test.
Desirable:
Sector experience of aerospace, automotive or military production over five years.
Standards/accreditations/methodologies – ESA/ECSS and MIL Standards.
Digital interface experience, Spacewire, SerDes, CAN, 1553, etc.
Education & Training
Degree level, electronics engineering or similar (e.g. physics).
Working Pattern
Monday to Friday days.
Travel
Occasional travel to other UK sites.
Extension
Probable extension after initial contract duration.
Base of Work
Following a familiarisation period on site this role will be hybrid working with around three days per week on site – free parking is provided for this role.
Capital International Staffing Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.