Summary
An exciting opportunity for an experienced electronic engineer to work with the Telespazio VEGA UK team, based onsite with a customer, specialising within FPGA development.
Objective
Providing technical support to ESA projects in the domain of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) used in payloads and platforms of ESA missions of any ESA programme: Navigation, Science, Earth Observation, Telecommunications, Human Space Exploration or Technology.
Responsibilities / Duties
The successful candidate can expect to be involved in technical support such as;
- Supervision of the end-to-end development of new FPGAs throughout all the development phases: specification, architectural design, detailed design, place and route, programming and device tests.
- Critical review of the technical documentation, design files, hardware test platforms and software used during the different phases of the FPGA developments.
- Providing technical feedback and advice to ESA and industry mission teams to help achieve successful and on-time/on-budget new FPGA developments and to solve problems related to already developed FPGAs.
- Leading and/or providing support to research internal (in ESTEC Microelectronics Laboratory) and/or external (with companies contracted by ESA) activities in the domain of FPGAs devices and their tool ecosystems for use in space environment.
Additionally the following standard work tasks could be part of the technical support:
- Supporting FPGA technology developments for R&D and /or projects, supervising that good design practices and manufacturing and test methodologies are applied.
- Independent verification (through code inspection, simulation and timing analysis) and validation (through HW tests) will have to be carried out for FPGAS developments.
- Supporting development contracts regarding the above areas, act as the activity technical responsible, maintain interfaces with the prime and lower level contractors, participate in progress meetings and reviews, as requested, and provide appropriate feedback on the achieved progress and discussions.
Qualifications / Experience
- University Master’s degree, or equivalent, in electronic engineering or related field with 4 or more years’ experience in the required skills listed below.
Required Skills
- Design and test of digital FPGAs (specifications, block design, top level integration, design for test, pre and post layout simulation and timing analysis, gates synthesis, support during layout, prototype test and in system validation), with proficiency in HDL (VHDL, Verilog and
- System-C).
- VLSI IC Design CAD tools such as: Synopsys, CADENCE, Mentor, Mathlab and/or Simulink.
- FPGA HW and SW of several vendors such as: Xilinx, Microchip (former Microsemi, former ACTEL), NanoXplore, Altera and/or Atmel.
- Preparation of FPGA test-benches, for functional validation and electrical characterization, using signal generators, oscilloscopes and signal analyzers.
- Basic system administration in UNIX and Windows for IC Design CAD tools.
Desirable Skills
- Familiarity with the Space applications of microelectronics, and having knowledge of Space environment and quality requirements
- Experience with Microprocessors (e.g. LEON, ARM, RISC-V) and HW-SW co-design. Experience with mitigation of radiation effects and/or radiation tests of FPGAs and/or ASICs.
- Experience with digital ASIC design and experience in ASIC technology is an asset. The work done will however be for FPGA and not ASICs.
- Knowledge of the Space environment, its effects on microelectronicsdevices and related technology, as well as ECSS quality standards applied to space VLSI ICs.
Qualities
- Strong English language skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills are needed,
- A high degree organizational and communication abilities are required
- Ability to work in a diverse and multinational team environment is essential.
Further Details
All roles within Telespazio VEGA have a defined closing date, however if a successful candidate is found before the advert expires the role will be closed early. We would therefore advise any candidate to apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Closing Date for applications is 17th July 2020.
Location of the position is Noordwijk, Netherlands.
To apply : Please send your CV and covering letter to careers@telespazio.com
By sending your CV to careers@telespazio.com you give your consent for Telespazio VEGA to hold and process your personal information for the purpose of the application.
Benefits
Competitive Package covering salary, generous holiday allowance, training plan and more
Security
In line with Asylum & Immigration Legislation, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the EU. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Furthermore, in view of the nature of the work the company is in, all potential employees will undergo stringent reference and identity checks.