Principal Electronics Engineer in Chelmsford

Overview

As a Electronics Engineer at Teledyne e2v Space Imaging, you will contribute to the development of Front End Electronics systems for space missions. You will join multidisciplinary teams to deliver FPGA-based and electrical hardware solutions that meet high-reliability requirements for long-duration space projects. You will work across the full lifecycle, from requirements and design through verification, testing and documentation, collaborating with Software, Electronics and Systems teams. This role offers an opportunity to influence space-grade electronics, with a strong emphasis on robust hardware and FPGA development. You will operate in a mission-focused, engineering-driven environment,

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• competitive pension with up to 6% company contribution
• Medicash health plan
• cycle to work scheme
• Mentors and Teledyne University training

Responsibilities

• Deliver test equipment and FEE solutions within multi-disciplinary teams for space applications
• End-to-end FPGA development including design, verification and test bench setup (VHDL, Microchip Libero, Xilinx Vivado)
• PCB design for space applications using Altium, including schematic capture, layout support and stack-up definition
• Lead verification activities, create and manage documentation and technical reports
• Provide bid and business development support: proposal review, trade-off analyses, and effort/cost estimates
• Respond rapidly to equipment issues and coordinate cross-functional problem solving
• Prepare concepts and designs to meet requirements; update lifecycle and gate review artifacts
• Capture system architecture with diagrams/charts to support lifecycle documentation and progress reviews
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders and maintain compliance verification matrices

Key requirements

• FPGA bias: FPGA design in VHDL; experience with Microchip Libero and/or Xilinx Vivado; functional and timing verification; task generation for delivery
• Electric hardware bias: full PCB lifecycle from requirements to testing; Altium design; component selection; schematic and layout validation; system verification
• Strong documentation skills: requirements specs, design docs, test specs, manuals, work instructions
• Experience with electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers)
• Cross-functional collaboration across Software, Electronics and Systems engineering
• Spaceflight/Aerospace/Defense experience and ECSS awareness (advantageous)

• clear communication
• leadership and teamwork
• problem solving
• VHDL
• Microchip Libero
• Xilinx Vivado