Job Details

• Office: Extron Europe
• Location: Dartford, Kent, UK
• Department: Engineering
• # of Openings: 1

*This is a hybrid home/office position. Employees must live within commutable distance to the office*

The company is currently seeking a motivated and creative hardware design engineer to join its UK operation designing high-performance, real-time video products. The ideal candidate will have responsibilities including board level architecture, design, implementation, and test of digital and or analogue hardware for video processing and interfacing products. The design work will include researching / specifying components, schematic development, PCB layout guidance, board bring-up, interfacing and collaboration with other engineering groups (Firmware, Power, and Mechanical), and working with product management during product design cycles. Some familiarity with CPLD/FPGAs is preferred.

Qualified Candidates will have:

Essential Skills

• UK First Degree level (or equivalent) qualification in electronics or other relevant subject.
• 3+ years hardware design engineering experience.
• Experience in high speed digital design (DDR3/4, PCIe, Serdes).
• Experience designing embedded products.
• Experience interfacing with microcontroller, memory and peripherals (FLASH, I2C, SPI, RS232, USB)
• Experience in CPLD/FPGA using VHDL is a plus.
• Experience with analogue electronics.
• Strong hardware debugging skills and root-cause failure analysis.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Strong attention to detail, highly organized, computer literate.
• Good interpersonal skills, able to work co-operatively in a team environment.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Work with managers and senior technical staff to develop digital products and their associated designs.
• Gain detailed knowledge and understanding of existing designs. Support and maintain existing products.
• Produce clear and concise design documentation of hardware designs.
• Able to work to a project plan, tracking progress, identifying risks, anticipating delays and communicating such to the project leader.
• Perform other activities and responsibilities as directed.