Job Description

Are you an Embedded Digital Design Engineer with team leadership experience and a desire to make a difference?
Can you inspire others, drive innovation and encourage collaboration?
Key skills required for this role
Embedded Electronics, Electronics Design, Hardware Design, FPGA Design, Embedded digital design, DSP systems, complex SoC systems, Analogue devices
Important
Position subject to security clearance and must be a Sole British National.
Job description
The opportunity:
As the Embedded Design Team Lead you will be involved in the development of our growing portfolio of complex embedded digital systems. Your role will be leading the day to day line management of the team, identifying opportunities and driving process improvements while promoting a delivery focussed culture on some of the most exciting and challenging products and technology in defence today.
The role will require a blend of technical management, people management and project management so requires someone with a real passion and experience of managing teams, planning workload or bids and understanding and owning technical work packages.
The portfolio ranges from advanced DSP systems (e.g. Image Processing, Software Defined Radios), complex SoC systems, through to safety and security critical systems; using the latest embedded devices from all the major vendors (e.g. Xilinx, Intel, Texas Instruments, Analogue devices etc).
The Embedded Design team are some of the most highly regarded engineers in Electronic Engineering working in a multi-disciplined, fast moving environment which demands excellence. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing, skilled and talented team.
What we're looking for from you:

• Demonstrable team leadership experience
• Background in either Digital Hardware Design, FPGA Design (firmware), or Embedded Software Design.
• Embedded digital design and modelling skills (e.g. partitioning of functional elements between software and FPGA, and modellinganalysing key performance aspects of the resulting design)
• Experience of integration and test of embedded systems onto hardware platforms
• Excellent communication skills- ability to inspire and drive teams to succeed
• Project management - planning, budgeting and delivery mind set
• Innovation and improvement - the ability to foster a culture of improvement and challenging the norm

Engineering is at heart of our business; and this role will give you an opportunity to both develop your core technical and leadership skills and gain a wider experience of complex systems. You will be working alongside a multidiscipline engineering team and you will be a key part of a supportive and growing team as your career expands with us.
The business is committed to upskilling people through both formal training and practical experience. It is a fantastic role, in which you can develop both personally and professionally.
What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to 2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: Maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: Opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: Offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more.

Skills Required