- Junior
- Office in Southampton
This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing company on the South coast, with international reach. We are looking for a capable, enthusiastic and personable Hardware Engineer to join our Hardware Team. It’s essential that you have some exposure to designing hardware using a hardware description language such as Verilog or VHDL. Experience of verification is highly desirable, as is any knowledge of Wireless Communication.
This is a hands-on role, which will play an important part in the growth of AccelerComm and its product portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute and eventually take responsibility for the successful and timely delivery of portions of projects by providing technical capabilities and skills in hardware design, implementation and verification
- Collaborate with colleagues on the design, development, verification, documentation of our System IP targeting Wireless RF communication.
- Develop Hardware Implementations of IP blocks, using System Verilog or in AI Engines
- Contribute to build and flow tools using Python, Make or other languages.
- Actively engage with and adhere to AccelerComm engineering methodology, processes and design techniques.
- Be willing to work in different areas of the AccelerComm hardware team to expand knowledge across multiple disciplines.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential:
- Degree qualified (or equivalent).
- Knowledge of hardware design and a hardware description language.
- Technical documentation writing – report writing
Desirable:
- Basic knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Bash, Python)
- Knowledge of FPGA devices and AI Engines
- Knowledge of communications signal processing algorithms (ideally error correction, equalisation, channel estimation, beamforming or another baseband component)
- Appreciation of mobile communications systems
- Understanding of Source Code Version control systems such as Git
- Experience of developing code for a ‘home project’ as part of a hobby, with an example to demonstrate.
- Should have some experience of relevant industry tools, techniques and technology with an eye to emerging technologies.
Personal Attributes
- Must be personable, highly capable, adaptable and motivated with a desire to learn.
- Should be a supportive team player, willing to learn from technical leads and senior engineers, open to new ideas and new ways of working.
- Should be presentable and with the commitment to build long term viable relationships with all stakeholders.
- Good communication skills – written, presentational and verbal.
- Have a passion for writing code, mathematics, and engineering.
