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# Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer

- **Company:** E-Space
- **Location:** Loughborough, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 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), Static Timing Analysis, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Vivado, ModelSim, Hardware Testing
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840692037-senior-digital-hardware-design-engineer

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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.


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