Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer

Company: E-Space
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Location: Loughborough
Job Description:

Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place!

E-Space is bridging Earth and space to enable hyper-scaled deployments of space-powered Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services. We are fundamentally changing the design, economics, manufacturing, coverage limitations and service deliveryassociated with traditional satellite and terrestrial IoT systems.

By building a highly-advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) space system—with a unique antenna design, highly sustainable spacecraft system and low-cost, small portable end-user devices,we can extend global satellite coverage, capacity and connectivity beyond legacy space services to provide a new kind of IoT platform that lets users sense, track, connect and act on information gathered, anywhere.

We’re intentional, we’re unapologetically curious and we’re 100% committed to saving space, protecting our planet and turning connectivity into actionable intelligence.

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Digital Hardware Design Engineer to join our hardware engineering team. You will play a key role in the design, development, and delivery of complex digital hardware solutions for high-performance products. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will take ownership of designs from concept through to production, driving technical excellence across the full development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement digital hardware including high-speed interfaces, signal processing, and switching/routing architectures.
  • Develop, simulate, and verify RTL designs, ensuring correctness, timing closure, and design robustness.
  • Define and review hardware architectures, contributing to system-level design decisions and trade-off analyses.
  • Produce and review detailed design documentation, including specifications, schematics, and test plans.
  • Perform functional simulation, static timing analysis, and synthesis targeting FPGAs and/or ASICs.
  • Collaborate with firmware, software, and systems engineers to ensure seamless hardware/software integration.
  • Support hardware verification and validation activities, including lab bring-up and debugging.
  • Contribute to design reviews, code reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering processes
  • Collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure seamless design for high volume manufacture and test
  • Work with component manufacturers and distributors to ensure longevity of manufacture.
  • Experience with Altium Designer
  • Design principles for operation in harsh environments.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Degree (BEng/MEng/BSc or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
  • Solid understanding of digital design fundamentals including clocking strategies, CDC (clock domain crossing), reset architecture, and timing constraints.
  • Experience with FPGA design flows using tools such as Vivado, Quartus, or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with simulation tools such as ModelSim, Questa, or similar.
  • Experience writing and executing hardware test plans and debug at the board level using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, protocol analysers).
  • Strong understanding of high-speed PCB design considerations and signal integrity principles.

Desirable Skills

  • Five or more years experience with high speed digital design.
  • Experience with Altium Designer
  • Experience with Hyperlynx
  • Accelerated life testing

Additional Requirements

This is a fast-paced, high-impact environment – flexibility to occasionally work extended hours or weekends during critical periods is expected.

Why E-Space is right for you:

  • An opportunity to really make a difference
  • Sustainability at our core
  • Fair and honest workplace
  • Innovative thinking is encouraged
  • Competitive salaries
  • Continuous learning and development
  • Health and wellness care options
  • Financial solutions for the future

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Posted: September 24th, 2026