JOB TYPE: Full-Time

LOCATION: South Africa, Somerset West

REPORT TO: Design Lead

KEY PURPOSE OF JOB

Product development and manufacturing aerospace engineering company in Somerset West has a permanent position for an embedded design engineer to assist in the development and verification of advanced satellite communication systems within a multidisciplinary team.

KEY TASKS

The Senior Embedded System 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 implementation, including firmware development, simulation, high-speed digital design and layout, and functional and environmental testing.

• 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 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. • Other ad-hoc duties as required by company.

PREREQUISITES QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCES

Qualifications:

• B.Sc/B.Eng degree in Electronic Engineering from a recognized institution.

Experience (ideally within aerospace or defence industry):

• FPGA development (VHDL preferred) (>8 years)

• High-reliability electronic product design and realization

(>5-7 years)

• Analog and digital electronic circuit design and simulation (>8 years)

• Practical experience testing and debugging electronic circuits (>8 years)

Additional knowledge areas that would strengthen the application.

• Master’s Degree

• High-speed digital design, schematic capture and PCB layout (preferably in Altium Designer)

• Software development (C, C++, Python)

• Experience modelling DSP algorithms (FFT, filters) and communication waveforms in MATLAB / Python / etc.

• Experience with architecture and design of communications systems.

• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills.

COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

•Positive self-motivated, self-starter attitude

• Innovative – thinking ‘outside the box’

• Responsible

• Team player

• Good written and oral communication skills

• Customer focused

• Able to persuade and influence others

• Ability to bounce back

• Flexible and able to multi-task, can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment

• Resourcefulness.

• Ability to self-manage and set priorities

LANGUAGE

• English

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