Avionics Design Engineer
Farnborough
£50 per hour
12 month contract

Our Client has a vacancy for a Avionics Design Engineer in Farnborough on a 12 month contract.


Role and Responsibilities:

Working with the lead Avionics Engineer you will be responsible for:

oRequirements specification for Avionics subsystems
oFull-lifecycle analogue and digital circuit design, for harsh thermal and radiation environments
oElectronic component selection in accordance with requirements
oQualification and traceability against requirements
oUnit testing of Avionics system


Experience & Qualifications

*BSc / HNC / BEng and / or recognised aerospace based apprenticeship in electrical and electronic engineering
*Full-lifecycle analogue and digital circuit design, for harsh thermal and radiation environments
*Use of Microsemi FPGA design tools and FPGA based Signal processing including complex modulation/demodulation
*Electronic component selection in accordance with requirements.
*Experience of UAS or Space system quality standards (ECSS, DO-214, or similar).
*Experience of electronic and RF test equipment, setup and use.
*Knowledge of communication theory and methods.
*Capability and experience in some (or all of the following) is desirable
oMulti-layer mixed signal PCB layout using CAE. (ALTIUM and ORCAD preferred)
oPCB manufacture and test methodology.
oEnvironmental testing for High Altitude/Space.
oEmbedded software development (8051 or similar)
oExperience of requirements capture and management
*Ability to deliver to defined timescales, requirements and budgets.
*Capability to take a unit design from requirements through detailed design and system trade-offs to prototyping and batch production, testing and system integration.
*ESA ECSS high reliability soldering.
*Experience of UAS or Space system level design and documentation.




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