Hardware Design Engineer - Satellite Systems
Bluestream People
Reading, United Kingdom
16 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 65KJob location
Reading, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Logic Synthesis of Circuits
Perl
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Hardware Design
Python
Schematic Capture
Systems Integration
Tcl (Programming Language)
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Application Specific Integrated Circuits
Pcb Layout
Job description
- Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary engineering team to develop FPGA/ASIC-based GEO satellite payloads
- Lead hardware development throughout the full product lifecycle-from specification and design through to testing and validation
- Undertake detailed circuit design including schematic capture, component selection, and electronic simulation
- Produce engineering analysis and documentation (Derating, Worst Case, Reliability, Radiation, EMI/EMC Analysis, FMECA, Power Budget)
- Support hardware/software/system integration, test, validation, and qualification
- Direct in-house and third-party PCB layout design teams
- Deliver both prototype and production-quality manufacturing packages
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience in hardware product design within the space industry
- Expertise in high-speed digital design and SerDes interconnects
- Strong understanding of LEO/GEO communications payloads
- Proven experience designing complex, high-speed circuits on high-density, multi-layer (10+) PCBs
- Proficiency with circuit and PCB design/simulation tools
- Specialist knowledge in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:
- High-reliability design and analysis (Space, Military, Automotive, etc.)
- RF design and validation
- Radiation effects on electronic circuitry and mitigation techniques
- DC/DC power supply design
- Environmental, thermal, safety, and EMI/EMC standards
- Practical use of scripting languages (Tcl, Python, Perl, etc.), * Perl
- Python
- High-speed circuits
- Multi-layer (10+) PCBs
- Leo / Geo Communications
- RF Design & Validation
- Radiation Effects on Electronics
- PCB Design & Simulation
