High Speed Digital and Hardware Design Lead
MBDA
High Speed Digital and Hardware Design Lead
MBDA
Missile systems designer and manufacturer
Are you interested in developing your career as a high speed Digital and Hardware Electronics Design Lead using state-of-the-art MPSoC FPGAs and AI acceleration hardware? If so, MBDA has an exceptional opportunity for the right individual to join our team with a long term view to establishing their career as a technical lead and expert in their field.
Salary: circa £58,000 to £65,000
Location: Stevenage or Bristol (we may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 3-4 days per week on-site, due to workload classification. This could be less depending upon project requirements.
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
The opportunity:
This is an exceptional opportunity for the right individual who wants to consolidate their experience and expertise in high-speed complex digital electronics design with an ambition to become a technical lead and establishing themselves as a technical lead and 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 Hardware Lead, 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.
What we're looking for from you:
Please note: Some of our roles require an elevated level of security clearance. Candidates may be required to undertake DV (Developed Vetting) in order to successfully deliver the role.
Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
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MBDA designs, develops and manufactures missiles and missile systems for air, land, and naval forces, as a European defence group owned by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo with national entities in France, the UK, Italy, Germany and Spain. Its range includes air-to-air missiles (Meteor, MICA), air defense (Aster, CAMM), deep-strike (Storm Shadow/SCALP), anti-ship missiles (Exocet, Sea Venom), and battlefield weapons (Brimstone, Akeron), plus loitering munitions, hypersonic weapons and the DragonFire laser. It earns revenue from long-term government contracts covering development, production and through-life support, serving about 90 armed forces worldwide and investing in defence and deep-tech startups. The goal is to provide integrated, end-to-end weapon solutions and keep defense capabilities up to date for its home nations and partners.
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