High Speed Digital Design Engineer / Hardware Design Lead Stevenage – 12 month contract – Pay rate up to maximum of £61.16 p/h PAYE basic (£70.05 p/h including holiday pay) or £80 p/h Umbrella We are looking for a Hardware Design Engineer to undertake electronics design and development of high speed MPSoC FPGA and AI hardware solutions targeting SDR, radar signal processing and sensor fusion applications. You will be working for our defence client on complex missile systems. Responsibilities: As Digital Design Engineer you will support the Technical Lead/Architect in collaboration with the 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 the other electronics design activity through the full product development lifecycle. Skillset/experience required: Proven ability in complex, high speed digital electronics design. Knowledgeable regarding MPSoC FGPA, DDR and Flash memory and high speed serial interconnect design. Ability 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 and optical sensors. Ability to develop elegant hardware architectures through detailed understanding and collaboration with systems, software, firmware, mechanical and production teams. Strong academic background to support this intellectually demanding role. Strong desire to drive collaboration and ensure successful delivery. Excellent ability to configure and document designs to a high professional standard. Additional information: Please note, due to the sensitive nature of the projects involved, all candidates must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level. You will require a live SC before you can start. This role shall operate Inside IR35.