Lead Hardware Engineer

Lead Hardware Developer

Experienced hardware developers design PCBs or implement processing solutions in FPGAs. Designs vary from low-power microcontroller designs to high-rate network processing solutions incorporating multiple FPGAs and CPUs. Experienced hardware developers work on their own projects and support junior developers in their work.

• Be self-motivating, capable of working independently
• Have a good (1st / undergraduate degree or a PhD in a numerate discipline
• Have a strong academic background including A’s in A level Maths and Physics
• Have strong verbal and written presentation skills
• Have 3 or more years experience of complex PCB design or FPGA development in VHDL
• Have embedded software development experience in C / C++

• FPGA development in VHDL
• PCB design and layout
• Embedded software development in C / C++

• Simulating and implementing signal and image processing algorithms in VHDL for FPGAs
• Designing PCBs using FPGAs, SoCs, high speed network interfaces and analogue / RF signal filtering
• Setting to work PCBs including writing test firmware and software
• Developing Linux device drivers for hardware
• Mentoring and leading others