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Lead Hardware Developer
Job description
Experienced hardware developers design PCBs or implement processing solutions in FPGAs. Designs vary from low-power microcontroller designs to high-rate network processing solutions incorporating multiple FPGAs and CPUs. Experienced hardware developers work on their own projects and support junior developers in their work.
You will:
- Be self-motivating, capable of working independently
- Have a good (1st/2.1) undergraduate degree or a PhD in a numerate discipline
- Have a strong academic background including A’s in A level Maths and Physics
- Have strong verbal and written presentation skills
- Have 3 or more years experience of complex PCB design or FPGA development in VHDL
- Have embedded software development experience in C/C++
You will have knowledge some of the these skills:
- FPGA development in VHDL
- PCB design and layout
- Embedded software development in C/C++
You will be responsible for:
- Simulating and implementing signal and image processing algorithms in VHDL for FPGAs
- Designing PCBs using FPGAs, SoCs, high speed network interfaces and analogue/RF signal filtering
- Setting to work PCBs including writing test firmware and software
- Developing Linux device drivers for hardware
- Mentoring and leading others
