Digital Electronics Hardware Engineer

<strong>Job Requirements </strong><br><p>Quest Global is an organisation at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognised expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.</p><p>We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.</p><p>As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognise that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.</p><br/><p><strong>Role Overview: </strong></p><p><span style="color: black;">The Digital hardware engineer would be responsible for design, commissioning and test of high-speed digital electronics hardware, i.e. Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCA’s) on complex systems </span>for airborne Radar products.</p><br/><p><strong>Job Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Creating high-quality and robust digital electronics designs</li><li>Documenting and recording deliverables</li><li>Supporting integration & verification activities at hardware and system level</li><li>Keeping designs under configuration control</li><li>Providing progress reports </li></ul><br><br><strong>Work Experience </strong><br><p><strong>Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:</strong></p><p><strong>Essential</strong></p><ul><li>Degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or other STEM-based subject</li><li>Experience of designing high-speed digital electronics using the latest FPGA and / or microprocessor devices and high-speed interconnect technology</li><li>Experience in schematic capture using Mentor Graphics (Siemens EDA) DxDesigner or similar tools</li><li>Experience of high-speed serial communication interfaces/ protocols (e.g. PCIe, Ethernet/ IEEE802.3, SPI, I²C, etc.) and high-speed bus architectures (e.g. DDR3/4)</li><li>Use of high-speed digital design techniques such as signal termination, controlled impedance, matched length tracking, ground/ power planes, decoupling, etc.</li><li>Functional simulation & timing analysis / constraints at circuit level</li><li>Experience of PCB layout, working closely with and providing guidance to PCB layout engineers on high-speed digital designs</li><li>Hands on experience of integrating hardware, firmware & software on FPGA and microprocessor-based PCA’s</li><li>Ability to coordinate day-to-day technical activities, liaising closely with the lead engineer / digital hardware lead & other engineering disciplines</li><li>Experience of liaising with Manufacturing / Production colleagues and external suppliers of key components and assemblies</li></ul><br/><p><strong>Desirable</strong></p><ul><li>Relevant experience in the Aerospace/Defence industry or on other complex / high-reliability systems</li><li>Ability to analyse system requirements and derive detailed hardware requirements</li><li>Experience of signal integrity & power integrity analysis (SI/PI) at board level</li><li>Knowledge of FPGA / Software coding languages (VHDL, C, Assembler)</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Honours or Masters degree in Electronics Engineering or related STEM subject</li><li>UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance</li><li>Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage</li></ul><p> </p><br><br>