Electronics Engineer

Job Title

Electronics Engineer

Location

Edinburgh – Hybrid (3+ days on site per week)

Role Type

Permanent

Salary

£50,000 – £80,000 per annum, depending on experience

Responsibilities

• Designing, commissioning and testing high‑speed digital electronics hardware, including PCAs for airborne radar products.
• Creating high‑quality and robust digital electronics designs.
• Documenting and recording deliverables.
• Supporting integration and verification activities at hardware and system level.
• Keeping designs under configuration control.
• Providing progress reports.
• Coordinating day‑to‑day technical activities and liaising closely with the lead engineer/digital hardware lead and other engineering disciplines.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM‑based subject.
• 1–3 years of experience designing high‑speed digital electronics using the latest FPGA and/or microprocessor devices and high‑speed interconnect technology.
• Experience with schematic capture using Mentor Graphics (Siemens EDA) DxDesigner or similar tools.
• Experience with high‑speed serial communication interfaces/protocols (e.g. PCIe, Ethernet/IEEE802.3, SPI, I2C) and high‑speed bus architectures (e.g. DDR3/4).
• Proficiency in high‑speed digital design techniques such as signal termination, controlled impedance, matched length tracking, ground/power planes and decoupling.
• Functional simulation and timing analysis/constraints at circuit level.
• Experience with PCB layout and close collaboration with PCB layout engineers on high‑speed digital designs.
• Hands‑on experience integrating hardware, firmware and software on FPGA and microprocessor‑based PCAs.
• Experience debugging and testing new hardware designs.
• Experience of the full hardware design lifecycle and presenting designs for peer and formal design reviews.
• Self‑motivated, with an aptitude for problem solving and for driving difficult issues to conclusion.
• Experience in writing technical reports/documentation.
• UK citizenship is mandatory to clear background checks and obtain SC clearance.
• Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage.

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