Our client BAE Systems are seeking a Digital Hardware Engineering Lead for a contract position to support a Radar programme. This is based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight and will require onsite working, 3-4 days per week.
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This is a senior technical role relating to the Electronic aspects of hardware design. We seek an engineer with a depth and breadth of knowledge in Electronics Engineering to lead and apply the principles of Electronics Engineering across the entire engineering development lifecycle from requirement definition to system integration and customer acceptance into system support and disposal.
The Digital Hardware Engineering Lead will design, develop, promote and share discipline knowledge and capability for implementation across the business and programmes, providing authoritative guidance to others relating to area of expertise. Acting as design authority for designs that the role holder / team is undertaking. Liaising with other teams and disciplines to ensure a consistent approach across the whole radar system.
Core Duties
Typical duties include (but are not limited to):
Providing support to the SDA regarding overall Radar System design.
Antenna Sub-system internal/external interfaces design and capture. These are all captured in the system IDD and include control signals, high speed data links, RF calibration signals etc.
Digital Sub-system hardware definition. Responsible for the specification and design of all the digital components within the radar system. This can be for either in-house designed units or COTS hardware.
TRM Digital Signal Processing – taking a concept and turning it into reality. Including proving the concept through modelling and simulation followed by generating requirements suitable for implementation.
Radar System Timing generation – Generating timing a rule sets for the software scheduling and hardware real time interface to achieve the required system performance.
System Calibration – conceptualise Radar system calibration solutions
System BITE – ensuring a common reporting standard that can be used in all systems moving forward. Making sure we have sufficient BITE coverage across the antenna sub-systems.
System Design Assurance – ensuring there is enough built in functionality to support design assurance. Also contributing to the generation of the system design assurance specification.
Knowledge and Skills required
A solid understanding of radar operation, in particular Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars.
A solid understanding of the digital techniques design process including requirements generation, design and implementation.
Knowledge of complex digital PCB design. Knowledge of digital devices in particular FPGAs.
An understanding of all electronic disciplines (digital, analogue, RF and electrical), knowledge to be able to specify against these technologies and communicate with specialists in these areas.
Experience in the whole design process from requirements to design assurance and sign off.
Experience in sub-system and system integration and test.
Experience in radar system data analysis.
Trials experience, at base or in territory.
Previous experience of operating in a defence or high safety integrity environment. (Desirable)
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