Senior Electronic Design and Firmware Engineer

Overview

In this role you will lead the design and verification of FPGA firmware and embedded software to enable high-performance, robust electronic systems. You will own multi-disciplinary projects, mentor engineers, and contribute to the development of SEA’s advanced electronic solutions. You’ll work across the full life cycle from requirements to deployment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities. This is a chance to shape electronic engineering standards and support products through manufacturing and service life.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
• 25 days’ annual leave
• Private medical health insurance
• Group Pension Plan with employer contribution
• Life assurance policy
• Cycle to work scheme

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and verify FPGA firmware using VHDL/Verilog
• Develop and optimize embedded code for high-performance systems
• Own full lifecycle from requirements to integration
• Collaborate on schematic capture and PCB design using Altium
• Support component selection and signal integrity analysis
• Provide technical support to a multidisciplinary team on projects
• Mentor engineers and share best practices
• Support reviews and approvals of electronic designs per standards
• Contribute to company standards for electronics engineering including CAD models and technical reports
• Support SEA products through manufacturing, installation and service life
• Assist in bids/proposals with engineering estimates and customer/supplier interfacing

Key requirements

• Expert in VHDL/Verilog and FPGA toolchains (Intel Quartus, AMD Vivado)
• Strong understanding of digital electronics and embedded systems
• Knowledge of communication protocols and real-time systems
• Experience with analogue and digital circuit design
• PCB design understanding from schematic to layout
• Full lifecycle experience from requirements to user sign-off on multi-disciplinary programmes
• Experience in requirements capture, analysis, V&V and configuration management
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation
• Demonstrable ability to plan and execute technical assignments

• communication and collaboration
• mentorship and knowledge sharing
• problem-solving and methodical thinking
• Altium for schematic capture and PCB design
• MATLAB, C, Python (versatile input)
• FPGA toolchains (Intel Quartus, AMD Vivado)

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