About The Role
Engineered to Protect, that’s our promise, we protect what matters – our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, and our world. This role focuses on the development of advanced firmware solutions for FPGA-based systems, strengthening departmental capability in VHDL design and integration. It will own complex designs, mentor engineers, and ensure robust electronic and firmware solutions. The Senior Electronic Design & Firmware Engineer will be based at either our Barnstaple, Bristol, or Beckington site. This role allows for flexible working. The salary for this role is up to £67,000, depending on experience.
What you’ll be doing
- Design, implement, and verify FPGA firmware using VHDL/Verilog
- Develop and optimize 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
- Provide support to the learning and development of other Engineers within SEA through mentorship and expert advice
- Support and 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
What we offer
- 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
- Reservists in the Armed Forces receive special paid leave
- Family & wellbeing
- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- All Staff Bonus
- Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
- Cycle 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
- Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
The skills you need
- Expert in VHDL/Verilog and FPGA toolchains (Intel Quartus, AMD Vivado)
- Strong understanding of digital electronics and embedded systems
- Be versatile 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
- Contribute to the design and development of analogue and digital electronic circuits
- Understanding of PCB design from schematic capture to PCB layout
- Ability to follow a methodical/systematic approach to analyse and solve problems, identifying key facts and breaking down complex information to component parts
- Full lifecycle experience from requirements decomposition to acceptance and user sign off on multi‑disciplinary programmes
- Experience of requirements capture, analysis, V&V and configuration management
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Able to produce clear and concise technical documentation
- Demonstrable ability to plan and execute technical assignments
Join us and be part of something smaller – with 500 people in the UK and Canada – doing something bigger: protecting what matters.
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