Senior Digital Electronics/FPGA Engineer

You’ll act as a key specialist for digital design projects, with opportunities to work across general-purpose electronics as well. Our project teams tend to be small and highly collaborative, giving you significant ownership and the chance to learn from experts in software, signal processing, AI, test, and RF engineers.

Some interesting high-speed electronics challenges we’ve previously solved include:

The world’s largest commercial airborne antenna with internal data rates over 10Tb/s 

The world’s lowest power voice detection system

Communications system for a swarm of warehouse robots

Satellite terminal development

Every project we do is different – we are always innovating rather than iterating, so each no project will be a brand-new challenge.

What can you bring?  

The essential technical requirements for this position include:

Strong academic background with an excellent electronics-related undergraduate degree 

Solid understanding of the fundamentals of electronic circuit design 

Electronic design experience including high-speed design and high-level layout 

Experience of FPGA design and verification 

As this is a client-facing role, we need someone who demonstrates great communication skills and a genuine passion for engineering. This being said, if you have never worked in a client-facing position we can help to develop this aspect of your skillset.

Depending on level of experience we would also consider some of the following to be advantageous:

Ability to find and down-select high-performance devices, such as application processors, FPGAs and SoCs to fulfil system requirements such as data throughput and power consumption 

Familiarity with embedded interconnects such as DDR4, QSPI, PCIe, JESD204 

Design-for, test and debugging of EMC 

Experience of schematic entry using electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) tools such as Altium Designer and driving the layout using our specialist PCB layout team. 

Basic understanding of Linux, C and Python for the purposes of board bring-up and debug. 

Hardware description languages such as Verilog or VHDL, possibly within a continuous integration environment 

Some exposure to radio frequency engineering 

An interest in, or experience of, technical leadership 

Embedded software and scripting 

Understanding of Digital Signal Processing and its applications in RF 

A passion for understanding and developing new technologies 

Enthusiasm for mentoring more junior engineers 

You may have experience of some of the tools we use, including GitLab, Altium (PCB), Hyperlynx (SI), Doors Next, Verilog or VHDL, UVM, C(++), Tcl, Python

  What we can offer  

You’re likely to have far more variety in your work here than in your current role: Cambridge Consultants develops breakthrough technology across a broad range of industries including Telecommunications, Sustainable energy, Industrial, Consumer, Media, Healthcare, Biotechnology and many others for clients ranging from start-up to blue chip. Some are looking to optimise their existing technologies, while others come with a vision to develop something entirely new and unexpected.  

You won’t be working alone to reach these goals. We have a friendly and supportive culture and a passion for solving technical challenges. 

You will also have access to our extensive in-house facilities: 

Prototype PCB manufacturing facilities, including SMT pick-and-place, vapour-phase reflow and x-ray inspection 

Skilled PCB layout team 

EMC emissions test facility 

Custom  anechoic radio and antenna test chamber . 

Prototype development mechanical workshop. 

We support the development of our employees and offer an extensive inhouse training program. As you advance within the organisation there will be plenty of opportunities for you to develop your technical skills and specialism, take on more leadership responsibilities and/or focus more on supporting the development of sales opportunities.

By submitting an application to Cambridge Consultants, you confirm that the information provided in this application, together with any supporting documentation, is true, complete, and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You understand that any false statement, misleading information, or material omission may render you liable to disqualification from the recruitment process, withdrawal of any offer of employment, or dismissal without notice if discovered following appointment. You acknowledge that the organisation reserves the right to verify the information supplied.

 

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