Electronics Development Lead – VHDL

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Location: Broad Oak.

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and integrate VHDL-based solutions for digital electronics
• Lead and contribute to unit-level designs, ensuring alignment with higher-level system designs
• Perform VHDL requirements analysis, design, simulation, testing, and integration
• Verify designs using simulation, analysis, and testing techniques
• Generate design documentation and technical reports
• Assist with system integration activities and the development of technical specifications
• Interface with other engineering disciplines and support decision-making for the engineering team

Your skills and experiences:

• Degree in Electronic Engineering or related field
• Experience in FPGA/CPLD design and VHDL development
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to assess design solutions
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Experience in integration, testing, and defect resolution for digital electronics

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Archerfish team:

The Electronics Development Lead – VHDL is a technical role focused on digital electronic design, specifically in VHDL and FPGA/CPLD technologies. The role involves leading and participating in board and unit-level designs, integrating digital electronic solutions into legacy systems, and designing and modifying VHDL code. Key responsibilities include requirements analysis, design, simulation, testing, integration, and documentation. The role also requires interfacing with other disciplines, supporting system integration activities, and assisting in the development of higher-level system designs. The position demands expertise in digital electronics and problem-solving.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 24th March 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.