Digital Electronics Engineer
6-Month Contract
Hampshire
65ph Inside IR35

The Opportunity

Leonardo has a fantastic opportunity for a Digital Design Engineer for the delivery of an Inter-Vehicle Data Link communications system. We are looking for an engineer with digital design experience familiar with working on complex electronic (ideally RF communication-based) sensor systems.

The role will focus on the electronics design of digital subsystems interfacing with RF and control subsystems; to be implemented on laboratory and aircraft concept demonstrators in later stages of the project.

You will provide technical support throughout the product lifecycle including design implementation, integration and test, system trials and product delivery.

You will be part of the Leonardo Airborne Communications product development group within the Integrated Sensing & Protection line of business; interacting with partner organisations / sub-contractors and potential customers.

What you will do:

You will be responsible for delivery of work packages focused on digital electronics, covering the inter-vehicle data link design, system test and integration.

Creating a number of boards to support AESA antennas, some of which require digital design predominantly to support control of the boards.
Supporting microcontroller design on mixed RF/Digital designs
Supporting dedicated ECAD engineers providing PCB layout services
Creating additional designs to support RF over fibre modules, fibre Ethernet interfaces or other external interfaces
Working closely with antenna design team at our Bristol site
What we are looking for:

You really must have:

Design experience of printed circuit board assemblies, including initial design, schematic entry, generation of supporting design documentation, and support to PCB layout engineer.
Experience pf providing support to embedded software and firmware teams, peer reviewing designs, and support to system architects / system integration.
Practical design experience including good engineering laboratory work, PCBA bring-up, fault-finding and generation of test reports.
A good working knowledge of signal & power integrity, EMC at the PCB and equipment level, and equipment grounding best practices.
Ability to produce concise technical reports detailing design solutions and implementation.
Ability to understand and follow the business practices, such as design reviews, which come with working in a high technology defence environment.
Degree in relevant engineering or related scientific discipline (Electronics Engineering or Physics preferred).
Ability to make technical decisions within own sphere of responsibility.
Design activities will include:

Mixed-technology (digital / analogue & RF) PCBA designs comprising one or more MCU, CPLD and FPGA devices interfacing with RF components.
Digital interface PCBAs including standard interfaces such as Ethernet / CAN / I2C / SPI / RS422 as well as optical fibre interfaces (Ethernet / discrete digital links)
Power and control boards requiring high safety rating & design for DO-160 qualification
It would be nice if you had:

Working knowledge of requirements management within DOORS
Experience of designing to meet DO-254
Prior use of Mentor (Siemens EDA) Designer and LTSpice
Knowledge / experience of analogue and RF design.
Experience in system level and sub-system integration and debug.
Experience of working in the defence electronics sector.
Experience of working with UK MOD (e.g. RAF, DSTL, DE&S)
An understanding of the deployment of airborne military platforms, systems and operation within the enterprise environment.
The nature of the programmes involving electronics design requires you to be capable of achieving full UK SC security clearance and in addition, you will require the ability to access caveated information such as UK Eyes Only and ITAR.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Must Have

An understanding of design for 'harsh environments' including Shock, Vibration, EMC, salt fog, etc.
Circuit Design
Digital Electronics
Hardware Architecture Definition
Hardware Integration
Integrating COTS equipment
Power and Signal Integrity
Schematic Design
Nice To Have

Analogue Circuit Design
PCB Design
Siemens Expedition Toolset
Use of Siemens EDA tools
Working Knowledge of DO-254

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.