Senior Hardware & Firmware Engineer

 

Employment Type: Permanent, full-time

Location: Heriot-watt RESEARCH PARK, Edinburgh

About us

Celestia Technologies Group (CTG) is an international technology group based on research and development, innovation and deployment of high technology products.  Primarily, the group focuses on R&D, Design Services and Product Development for Aerospace, Defence, Telecommunications and Scientific markets.  There is a rich pedigree of Product Development in Antenna, RF and Modem design for different Satcom & Terrestrial Systems.

 The team here at Celestia Technologies Group (UK) Ltd have embarked on a challenging programme to design innovative technologies for High Throughput Satellite communication system.  Part of this includes the well-publicised large contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a fully electronic scanning ground station, capable of tracking and communicating simultaneously with multi satellites.  A broad range of technical domains are being worked on including Antenna, RF, Signal Processing, Beamforming, Digital Design and Real-time Software.

 Given the increasing needs, we are keen to expand our team and hire highly motivated, capable engineers with good inter-personal skills and a positive attitude to tackle the seemingly impossible design requirements.  We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive welcoming work environment where everyone is happy, productive and able to maximize their individual potential.

Role & Responsibilities

  • In charge of electronic monitoring and control architecture for fully automated antenna systems

  • Design hardware and firmware solutions for control RF- and antenna- modules: selection, development and programming of MCU, FPGA, processors ADC/DAC, as well as other peripheral devices, using SPI, I2C, UART and CAN interfaces

  • Produce schematics and PCB routing for designs

  • Integrate solutions with other sub-systems (RF, analogue and digital discrete devices)

  • Undertake the characterisation and validation of designs, meeting functional and performance requirements

  • Develop Visual Studio based GUI in support of MCU based designs

  • Produce algorithms and simulation tools in Matlab and C/C++

  • Provide hands-on support to the development of hardware solutions from breadboarding to manufacturing

  • Ensure full technical compliance and timely delivery in accordance with project plans

  • Create detailed documentation and perform dissemination of work in line with best practices across the company

  • Teamwork with other engineers to understand system performance and the implication of designs

  • Regularly report to the Technical Manager

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

  • 10+ years of experience designing embedded control systems, algorithms and simulation models applicable to RF Design

  • Proficiency in ARM cortex-M based MCU firmware programming in C

  • Proficiency in Microcontrollers, Digital Beamforming, DAC and ADC sampling

  • Proficiency in Matlab, Vivado and/or Quartus, VHDL and Verilog, ModelSim or similar (experience of Autocad would be desirable)

  • Proficiency in schematics generation and experience in PCB CAD tools (experience in Altium would be desirable) 

  • Good understanding of RF Design

  • Theoretical knowledge in Digital Communications, Signal Processing, Filter Design, Detection Theory and Multi-Antenna Signal Processing would be desirable

  • Competent with MS Office tools as well as with Windows and Linux operating systems.

  • A Masters or PhD degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or similar

Please clarify if you require any Permit/Visa to work in the UK. We endeavour to respond quickly to all applications so if interested please submit your CV with a short covering note to jobs@celestia-uk.com.

Key Words

Algorithms, Microcontrollers (MCUs), FPGA,  SPI, I2C, RS232, RS485, CAN bus, Firmware, Matlab.