Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer

E-Space
Loughborough, UK
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Altium Designer Systems Engineering Code Review Computer Engineering Software Debugging Digital Electronics Logic Synthesis of Circuits Firmware Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Signal Processing Signal Integrity Verification and Validation (Software)
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Static Timing Analysis Systems Architecture Systems Integration Vivado ModelSim Hardware Testing

Job description

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer to join our hardware engineering team. You will play a key role in the design, development, and delivery of complex digital hardware solutions for high-performance products. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will take ownership of designs from concept through to production, driving technical excellence across the full development lifecycle., * Design and implement digital hardware including high-speed interfaces, signal processing, and switching/routing architectures.

  • Develop, simulate, and verify RTL designs, ensuring correctness, timing closure, and design robustness.
  • Define and review hardware architectures, contributing to system-level design decisions and trade-off analyses.
  • Produce and review detailed design documentation, including specifications, schematics, and test plans.
  • Perform functional simulation, static timing analysis, and synthesis targeting FPGAs and/or ASICs.
  • Collaborate with firmware, software, and systems engineers to ensure seamless hardware/software integration.
  • Support hardware verification and validation activities, including lab bring-up and debugging.
  • Contribute to design reviews, code reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering processes.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure seamless design for high volume manufacture and test.
  • Work with component manufacturers and distributors to ensure longevity of manufacture.
  • Experience with Altium Designer.
  • Design principles for operation in harsh environments.

Requirements

  • Degree (BEng/MEng/BSc or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals including clocking strategies, CDC (clock domain crossing), reset architecture, and timing constraints.
  • Experience with FPGA design flows using tools such as Vivado, Quartus, or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with simulation tools such as ModelSim, Questa, or similar.
  • Experience writing and executing hardware test plans and debugging at the board level using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, protocol analysers).
  • Strong understanding of high-speed PCB design considerations and signal integrity principles.

Desirable Skills

  • Five or more years experience with high speed digital design.
  • Experience with Altium Designer.
  • Experience with Hyperlynx.
  • Accelerated life testing.

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