High Speed Digital and Hardware Design Lead
// Role Summary
Develop your career as a Digital and Hardware Electronics Design Lead, working with state-of-the-art MPSoC FPGAs and AI acceleration hardware at MBDA.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead high-speed digital electronics design for MPSoC FPGA and AI hardware solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver optimised electronic designs.
- Full product lifecycle responsibility from specification to detailed design.
- Requires strong experience in complex digital electronics, MPSoC FPGA, DDR, and Flash memory.
- Proficiency in VHDL and C, C++, or Python for board-level testing and debug.
- BPSS security clearance required.
// Role Specification
About the Role
This is an exceptional opportunity for an individual seeking to consolidate their experience and expertise in high-speed complex digital electronics design, with the ambition to become a technical lead and establish themselves as an expert in their field. As part of a large team of analogue and digital electronics design engineers, you will be responsible for the electronics design and development of high-speed MPSoC FPGA and AI hardware solutions targeting SDR, radar signal processing, and sensor fusion applications.
As the Hardware Lead, you will support the Technical Lead/Architect in collaboration with systems, software, firmware, mechanical, and production teams to specify elegant and optimised solutions that satisfy customer needs. Once the specification has been agreed, you will be responsible for the detailed design of the high-speed digital aspects, as well as leading all other electronics design activity through the full product development lifecycle.
What We're Looking For
- Solid experience in complex, high-speed digital electronics design.
- Experience in MPSoC FGPA, DDR and Flash memory, and high-speed serial interconnect design.
- Experience in SI and PI Analysis.
- Proficiency in VHDL to support board-level test and debug.
- Proficiency in C, C++, or Python to support board-level test and debug.
- Familiarity with DSP concepts for SDR, radar signal processing.
What We Can Offer You
- Long Term Career Path: Opportunities to grow into Technical Lead, Specialist, or Expert roles.
- Company Bonus: A bonus of up to 21% of your base salary.
- Pension: A maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%.
- Flexible Working: We welcome applicants looking for flexible working arrangements.
- Enhanced Parental Leave: Up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity leave, neonatal leave, and fertility treatments.
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, a gym, cafe, and much more.
Location and Security
Location: Stevenage or Bristol (relocation package may be available).
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 days per week on-site, depending on workload classification and project requirements.
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Minimum requirement is HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team post-offer. Restrictions may apply.