Senior Firmware Design Engineer, Somerset East

KEY PURPOSE OF JOB

The Firmware Design Engineer is responsible for contributing to the development, implementation, and verification of advanced satellite communication systems within a multidisciplinary engineering team. The role focuses on designing and supporting firmware solutions for aerospace applications, ensuring high performance, reliability, and compliance with industry standards throughout the product development and manufacturing lifecycle

KEY TASKS

The Senior Firmware Design Engineer will be responsible for implementing functionalities such as DSP algorithms and communication protocols, high-speed interface protocols, and networking protocols in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs):

• Develop all aspects of an embedded system firmware implementation, including architecting firmware implementation and creating, debugging and testing firmware
• Supporting hardware integration.
• Research, develop and testing of theoretical and conceptual designs.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to derive and define engineering requirements based on system-level requirements.
• Create and maintain formal engineering documentation such as specifications, test procedures, design reports, and production documentation.
• Work with the Industrialization, Production, and Quality departments to bring up production and resolve manufacturing issues.
• Attending requirement and proposal discussions with clients when required.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

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