Serving customers globally, including seven of the key players within the sector, I am privileged to be working in partnership with this company in their search for a Digital Baseband Hardware Engineer.
This is an exciting time to join the business as they embark on their development of next generation products.
I am looking for an experienced Digital Hardware Engineer to architect and design the Baseband hardware platforms supporting low-cost UE and high performance gNB solutions.
On a day to day basis you will be responsible for:
- Baseband digital architecture definition and documentation
- Component selection and supplier liaison and management
- Digital PCB design schematic capture, layout design and review using Altium
- Baseband thermal management
- Liaising with the HW Test Team to ensure best in class test automated coverage
- Liaising with contract electronics manufacturer, PCB fabricator and Assembly houses
- BOM and product cost management
- Signal integrity, thermal and timing analysis
- HW bring up and performance evaluation
- Supporting embedded SW integration
- DFM and DFT strategy
What do we need from you?
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals
- Experience with high pin count flip chip and BGA packaging
- Experience with clock tree architectures and ideally IEEE 1588 PTP experience
- Experience with clock and timing devices, e.g. crystal resonators, VC-TCXOs, crystal oscillators and clock distribution ICs
- Experience with developing power budgets and power electronics design
- Experience with voltage regulators, LDO, switch mode power supplies (SMPS)
- Experience in signal integrity and power integrity simulation
- Experience with thermal management in PCB design
- Experience with high-speed and low-speed digital interfaces, e.g. PCIe, I2C, UART, JTAG, etc.
- Experience in bench-level design verification with high-speed oscilloscopes preferred.
- Experience with network analysers, spectrum analysers, phase noise analysers is useful
- Experience with DFM techniques
- Knowledge of ADCs/DACs
- Experience with JTAG test methods
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong ability to prioritize tasks and adapt quickly to the very dynamic context of a startup
- Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
- Working knowledge of the Linux operating system
- A bachelor's or master's degree in digital electronics, or related field
- A "can do", helpful and collaborative attitude
- Position may require some international travel
- Experience with python for electronics test and automation is an advantage
- Experience with RF, analogue design an advantage
- Experience with clock and phase jitter is an advantage
What can you expect in return?
- Salary in the region of £50,000 - £60,000 dependent on experience
- Discretionary bonus
- Contributory pension
- Life Insurance
- Income protection
- 30 days annual leave
If you are interested in having a further conversation about the role, please get in touch with a copy of your CV today.
