Job Description:

Senior FPGA Engineer | Space/Satellite | Guildford | Hybrid | Competitive salary & package
 
This role is an exciting opportunity for a Senior FPGA Engineer to join the On-Board Data Handling team of a leading Space/Satellite company and have involvement on a mission right from concept through to launch, commissioning and operational life; a true cradle to grave experience, and will give you the chance to see your work in Space in a rapid timescale! This key role will often sit within the core team of a satellite mission interacting with other technical leads across multiple disciplines to generate the technical solutions for innovative projects.

Key Tasks

• Act as OBDH Subsystem Lead and Work Package Manager in Space Projects
• Identification and flow-down of spacecraft system requirements to the spacecraft OBDH system
• Delivery of a OBDH system solution that meets these requirements with defined company processes
• Management and verification of these requirements
• Ownership of the OBDH system and all aspects feeding into and of it
• System / subsystem level interfacing and trade-offs
• Manage the technical solution, supporting design engineers
• Management and delivery of satellite OBDH systems work packages including budget and schedule
• Interface with internal and external customers
• Authoring of technical documents (including interface level FMEA, development/test/verification plans, procedures and technical descriptions)
• Minor updates to circuit designs (changing obsolete parts, incremental performance improvements, ECN generations, etc)
• Design, implementation and verification of FPGA’s in VHDL
• Support product development if required
• Typical OBDH System Equipment in a spacecraft defined as follows: On-board Computer, Data Recorder, and Payload Interface Unit

Qualifications Knowledge & Skills

• FPGA design experience in VHDL
• Knowledge of Lab Test Equipment
• Recent experience with schematic capture and simulation software (ie/ Mentor Graphics, OrCAD PSPICE, etc.)
• Good understanding of digital electronics, ideally from space, aerospace, defence or related sector (Previous On-Board Data Handling OBDH experience is desirable but not essential)
• BTEC / Degree in Electronics or equivalent

Benefits

• Highly competitive Salary dependent on experience
• Flexible working policies
• 32 days annual leave + BH
• Annual Company Bonus Scheme
• Up to 8% employer pension contribution
• Life Assurance (6X salary)
• Private Health Care
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
• Multiple Discount, Memberships schemes