Development Engineer – Hardware, Cambridgeshire

A leading designer and manufacturer of PC-based instruments and data acquisition (oscilloscope, automotive diagnostics and data acquisition products) has an immediate requirement for a Hardware Development Engineer to join them at their headquarters in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.
You will have experience in high speed analogue and digital design. Main responsibilities will be designing circuits for new products and updating existing products.

Required experience:
•Digital design using microcontrollers, memory, FPGAs and ADCs.
•Analogue circuit design for data acquisition (amplifiers, attenuators and ADCs).
•FPGA code design in VHDL.
•PCB layout - ideally hands on experience.
•Product architectural design (functional specifications and block diagrams).
•Microprocessor firmware design (for basic hardware configuration and control).

Useful experience:
•High speed design with parallel data bandwidths in excess of 100 MHz.
•Analogue design in excess of 50 MHz.
•Xilinx FPGA devices and design tool sets.
•Windows programming in C++ and C# for interfacing to hardware.
•USB and wireless interfaces.
•Mechanical design of enclosures and accessories.
•Automotive diagnostics.

Location:St Neots, Cambridgeshire
Salary:£35,000 - £40,000

The role will suit individuals currently working as Hardware Design Engineer, Design Engineer and living within a commutable distance of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, Cambs, Huntingdon, Bedford or willing to relocate.

With over 15 years of experience System Recruitment offers excellence in Permanent and Contract recruitment in a wide range of industry sectors. Though we are a generalist agency, a particular strength of ours lies in Information Technology including Technical, Sales and Managerial positions. We are able to tailor our approach to your needs in order to work effectively with you and provide real value.