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# High Speed Digital and Hardware Design Lead

- **Company:** MBDA S.A.S.
- **Location:** Stevenage, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Digital Electronics, Flash Memory, Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Signal Processing, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.securityclearedjobs.com/external-redirect-registration?JobId=802079046&LinkSource=JobDetails

## About the Role

* Solid experience in complex, high speed digital electronics design.
 * Experience in MPSoC FGPA, DDR and Flash memory and high speed serial interconnect design
 * Experience in SI and PI Analysis
 * Proficiency in VHDL to support board level test and debug
 * Proficiency in C, C++, or Python to support board level test and debug
 * Familiarity with DSP concepts for SDR, radar signal processing and optical sensors
 * Ability to develop elegant hardware architectures through detailed understanding and collaboration with systems, software, firmware, mechanical and production teams
 * Strong academic background to support this intellectually demanding role
 * Strong desire to drive collaboration and ensure successful delivery.
 * Excellent ability to configure and document designs to a high professional standard.

Please note: Some of our roles require an elevated level of security clearance. Candidates may be required to undertake DV (Developed Vetting) in order to successfully deliver the role.

## Description

As part of a large team of analogue and digital electronics design engineers, you will be responsible for the electronics design and development of high speed MPSoC FPGA and AI hardware solutions targeting SDR, radar signal processing and sensor fusion applications.

As Hardware Lead, you will support the Technical Lead/Architect in collaboration with the systems, software, firmware, mechanical and production teams to specify elegant and optimised solutions that satisfy customer needs. Once the specification has been agreed, you will be responsible for the detailed design of the high speed digital aspects as well as leading all the other electronics design activity through the full product development lifecycle.


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