Power System Design Lead

GKN
13 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 169K

Job location

Tech stack

Systems Engineering
Systems Development Life Cycle
Subsystems
Systems Integration
Modeling and Simulation

Job description

Power System Design LeadInitial 12 Month Contract3 days per week on siteCowes£81.05 Per Hour (Umbrella Rate - Inside IR35)The RoleAntenna Sub-system internal/external interfaces design and capture. These are all captured in the system IDD and include control signals, high speed data links, RF calibration signals etc.Digital Sub-system hardware definition. Responsible for the specification and design of all the digital components within the radar system. This can be for either in-house designed units or COTS hardware.TRM Digital Signal Processing - taking a concept and turning it into reality. Including proving the concept through modelling and simulation followed by generating requirements suitable for implementation.Radar System Timing generation - Generating timing a rule sets for the software scheduling and hardware real time interface to achieve the required system performance.System Calibration - conceptualise Radar system calibration solutionsSystem BITE - ensuring a common

Requirements

reporting standard that can be used in all systems moving forward. Making sure we have sufficient BITE coverage across the antenna sub-systems.System Design Assurance - ensuring there is enough built in functionality to support design assurance. Also contributing to the generation of the system design assurance specification.The CandidateA degree in Electronic Engineering or strongly related subject.A solid understanding of radar operation, in particular Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars.A solid understanding of the digital techniques design process including requirements generation, design and implementation. Knowledge of complex digital PCB design. Knowledge of digital devices in particular FPGAs.An understanding of all electronic disciplines (digital, analogue, RF and electrical) Enough knowledge to be able to specify against these technologies and communicate with specialists in these areas.Experience in the whole design process from requirements to design assurance and sign off.Experience in sub-system and system integration and test.Experience in radar system data analysis.Trials experience, at base or in territory.If this role is of interest, please send a copy of your CV to Tom McGuire by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.TPBN1_UKTJ Similar jobs, A highly knowledgeable professional engineer with a depth and breadth of knowledge in Systems Engineering. Applies the principles of Systems Engineering to Radar system development across the entire engineering development lifecycle from requirement definition to system...

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