About the Role
This Senior Electronic Design & Firmware Engineer will be based at either our Barnstaple, Bristol or Beckington site. The position offers flexible working and a competitive salary of up to £67k, depending on experience. The role involves developing advanced firmware solutions for FPGA‑based systems, strengthening departmental capability in VHDL design and integration, owning complex designs, mentoring engineers, and ensuring robust electronic and firmware solutions.
What you’ll be doing
- Design, implement, and verify FPGA firmware using VHDL/Verilog
- Develop and optimise embedded code for high‑performance systems
- Own the full lifecycle: requirements, architecture, coding, simulation, and integration
- Collaborate on schematic capture and PCB design using Altium
- Support component selection and signal integrity analysis
- Provide technical support to a small multi‑disciplinary team of engineers on specific projects
- Seek and share good practice and knowledge locally to continuously improve own practices
- Mentor and provide expert advice to other engineers within the SEA
- Facilitate reviews and approvals of electronic designs in accordance with business and industry standards
- Provide input to company standards pertaining to Electronic Engineering, including calculations, CAD models, manufacturing drawings & schematics, and technical reports
- Support SEA products through manufacturing, assembly, installation and service life
- Support the preparation and submission of bids and proposals, including interfacing with customers and suppliers and generating engineering estimates
About Our Company
SEA develops and delivers advanced solutions to make our world safer, cleaner and more efficient. We provide state‑of‑the‑art applications for naval ship and fleet protection, and undersea surveillance systems. In‑service across the globe, our systems deliver rapid response to threats and high system effectiveness. We support an ever‑growing number of navies worldwide and continue to bolster our specialist knowledge of key overseas markets.
What We Offer
Benefits
- Work‑life balance
- Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days annual leave, plus buy and sell
- Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
- Half‑day Fridays
- Reservist special paid leave
- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- All staff bonus
- Group pension plan up to 7% employer contribution
- Cycling to work scheme
- Wellbeing centre
- Sports & social activities
- Employee discounts portal – online and in‑store discounts, travel savings
- Life assurance policy
- Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
- LinkedIn Learning development opportunities
Facilities & Resources
- Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
- Private seated lunch areas
- Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
- Onsite showers and toiletries provision
- Free onsite parking
The Skills You Need
- Expert in VHDL/Verilog and FPGA toolchains (Intel Quartus, AMD Vivado)
- Strong understanding of digital electronics and embedded systems
- Versatility to provide input in other programming languages and simulation tools such as MATLAB, C and Python (desired but not essential)
- Knowledge of communication protocols and real‑time systems
- Ability to contribute to the design and development of analogue and digital electronic circuits
- Understanding of PCB design from schematic capture to PCB layout
- Methodical/systematic approach to analyse and solve problems, identifying key facts and breaking down complex information into component parts
- Full lifecycle experience from requirements decomposition to acceptance and user sign‑off on multi‑disciplinary programmes
Experience & Qualification Highlights
- Experience of requirements capture, analysis, V&V and configuration management
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to produce clear and concise technical documentation
- Demonstrable ability to plan and execute technical assignments
Join us and be part of something bigger: protecting what matters.
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