Location: Crawley, United Kingdom Thales people provide armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. Are you a budding Digital Electronics engineer, who loves working on firmware? We'd love to speak to you! We're looking for someone to become a key part of a team with a proven track record for delivering firmware for a wide range of land, sea and air based defence related products. We're looking for someone with a proven demonstrable record of Digital Hardware and / or Firmware design activities with relevance to the role, working in and or / leading small development teams, and Knowledge of the relevant markets: defence, security and aerospace The role will offer experience over a number of different product areas, encompassing everything from product design and development through to larger scale platform integration and will be focussed around the core skills associated with a Digital Hardware / Firmware Engineer The key focus will be the profitable delivery of the projects / products, whilst allowing for the increase in capability of skills from suitable candidates. Key details Line management by ISR Digital Team Lead Routine tasking by work package, product line or project managers Working closely within an integrated project or product line team Key Tasks Decomposition and interpretation of system requirements algorithms Design and develop firmware using Hardware Description Languages or High Level Synthesis Languages Simulation and analysis Verify firmware using Hardware Description languages or Hardware Verification Languages Integration of firmware on the target hardware Test, measurement, debug and verification (digital) Design Assurance (Complex Electronics) Technical assistance to production About you... Digital electronic design in hardware development language (VHDL) Implementation of complex designs DSP techniques Implementation of algorithms Simulation of designs Knowledge of RF processing techniques An excellent understanding of the fundamentals of High speed digital design A working knowledge of Signal Integrity Issues A working knowledge of Microprocessors, programmable devices, DSP, FPGA, memory Knowledge of PCB design constraints CAD tools: Mentor HDL Designer for VHDL entry, Mentor Graphics ModelSim for Verification, Xilinx Vivado / ISE Nice to haves Experience modelling of algorithms in Matlab/Simulink Experience using Xilinx 7 series, Ultrascale + Experience using Verification Methodology: UVM Experience using scripting languages: TCL, PERL, Python Experience of design for manufacture / test / support Experience using Agile techniques / Lean Engineering CAD Tools: Cadence DE HDL for schematic capture, Matlab/Simulink, Altera Quartus II Desirable Knowledge of DO-254 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware Product development experience for commercial markets A relevant degree or equivalent in relevant engineering discipline (Electronic Engineering, Electrical and Electronic, or Communications), supported by 5+ years of relevant experience. What we can offer Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm Hybrid working Pension Scheme 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays) Life Cover Bonus ( role-dependant) Progression and Development Opportunities 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers #LI-MS1 In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency. At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles. Great journeys start here, apply now! Interested in a CAREER IN THE RAIL transportation sector? 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