Careers in Maths What is a Digital Processor System Engineer?

The Processor Systems team is at the forefront of the development of digital signal processing payloads for telecommunications satellites, with work undertaken for a range of UK and international customers on a variety of exciting space projects.

The responsibility of the group covers research and development of new digital processor products, manufacture and test of flight electronic equipment through to in-orbit operational support. Our products form the heart of modern telecommunications satellite payloads, handling many thousands of channels and required to operate continuously and reliably, for many years, in the harsh environment of space.

The main focus of the work undertaken by the team is the development of advanced communications and scientific satellite payloads employing state of the art digital processing techniques. Currently we are developing our 5th processor generation using new technologies to boost our capability at least tenfold. To achieve this we work closely with hardware engineers, ASIC / FPGA designers, systems engineers and test engineers.

The successful candidate will be subject to UK National Security Clearance in order to undertake related work in accordance with business needs.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Key activities will include:

• Concept feasibility and generation of new ideas.
• Development of digital processor architectural design and specification, flowing down from customer requirements.
• Digital signal processing algorithm design, simulation and analysis.
• Laboratory prototyping and testing of new processor designs.
• Supporting customer reviews.

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• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to contribute to a large, multi-disciplinary project team. Desirable attributes:

• Strong software skills, e.g. C, C++ are highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Digital Signal Processing algorithm design and simulation, e.g. using MATLAB.
• An awareness of FPGA design.

• Excellent competitive salary with yearly reviews
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company Bonus
• Share options
• Pension - match contribution based
• Travel to and from company sites is paid for - car hire, flights, hotels etc
• Subsidised canteen and onsite social club/bar
• Training and development opportunities