{"id":4400,"date":"2026-09-22T13:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=4400"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:55:57","slug":"senior-mixed-digital-rf-microwave-electronics-design-engineer-ad-eng15-3","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/theemcnews.co.uk\/index.php\/job\/senior-mixed-digital-rf-microwave-electronics-design-engineer-ad-eng15-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Mixed Digital &amp; RF\/Microwave Electronics Design Engineer (AD-ENG15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_1957d19a _05aaee24 _3e0ed175 d73e1ea3 _09ab8b1b _991ffcd1 ad6164ff d1901be7\">\n<h2 class=\"d89a6b59 _9c361cf8 _3977e074 b9572076 _1505707b ce463ae0 ee27a78a _251dfc87 _90d38c7f _6bd3c2e2 _00b8c247\">About the job<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"d89a6b59 _244754cd b9572076 _1505707b bb1ad77a _4a4bfb31 _251dfc87 _90d38c7f _6bd3c2e2 _00b8c247 _7dcd04b4\"><span class=\"_067b49b4 _57df2c34 dfaf4f38 d1901be7\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\"><strong>Careers at Alpha Data<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>Senior Mixed Digital &amp; RF\/Microwave Electronics Design Engineer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vacancy Code: AD-ENG15<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>Who We Are<\/p>\n<p>For over three decades, Alpha Data has empowered leading aerospace, defence, and datacenter customers with RF\/analog, and high speed digital compute solutions based around AMD FPGAs. From our locations in the USA and UK, we bring the inherent cost savings and accelerated time-to-market of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products to customers around the world. Our highly skilled design team also specializes in modified COTS solutions to meet our customer\u2019s unique and challenging requirements, ensuring we succeed together!<\/p>\n<p>The Role<\/p>\n<p>We are seeking a senior engineer to design high-performance embedded products combining RF\/microwave, analog, and high-speed digital circuitry, based around AMD Versal RF and adaptive SoC platforms. The role is hands-on, spans the full product lifecycle, and requires a broad skillset. This includes expertise in RF\/analog design (e.g. impedance matching, simulation, and lab validation) combined with experience in high-speed digital PCB design (e.g. DDR5, 200G ethernet, and PCIe Gen6) and the ability to merge these varied disciplines into a dense multilayer PCB while accounting for the associated power and signal integrity challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to electronics design, the role involves: hardware bring-up, characterisation, FPGA design, creating software for validation, supporting production, and customer communications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_1a5401c6 _853c7f99 d1901be7\">\n<li>Design and develop mixed-signal PCBs combining RF\/analog (to ~18\u202fGHz) with high-speed digital interfaces (e.g. DDR5, SERDES) around AMD FPGA platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Perform RF design and simulation (e.g. matching networks, transmission lines, baluns) and validate designs using simulation and lab equipment (3D EM simulation, VNA, spectrum analyser, signal generator).<\/li>\n<li>Take ownership of board-level design from schematic through layout support, bring-up, and characterisation.<\/li>\n<li>Work closely with PCB layout engineers on high-density, multilayer designs with tight signal and power integrity requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Debug and diagnose hardware issues at board and system level, including RF performance, high-speed interfaces, and power-related problems.<\/li>\n<li>Develop FPGA designs and software tools (e.g. Vivado, TCL, Python) to support hardware validation and test.<\/li>\n<li>Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and validation procedures for hardware prototypes and production units.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with firmware, software, and mechanical teams to deliver complete, systems.<\/li>\n<li>Support production and customer-facing activities, including issue investigation and technical documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"d89a6b59 _244754cd b9572076 _1505707b bb1ad77a _4a4bfb31 _251dfc87 _90d38c7f _6bd3c2e2 _00b8c247 _7dcd04b4\"><span class=\"_067b49b4 _57df2c34 dfaf4f38 d1901be7\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\"><strong>Required Qualifications<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_1a5401c6 _853c7f99 d1901be7\">\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s, Master\u2019s degree, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, or a related field.<\/li>\n<li>8+ years of experience in board-level hardware design with a strong focus on analog\/RF.<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency with simulation, schematic capture, and PCB layout tools (Keysight ADS, OrCAD CIS, and Cadence Allegro).<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated experience with analog RF and high-speed digital design principles, including signal integrity and power integrity considerations.<\/li>\n<li>Experience with hardware testing, debugging, and validation using lab equipment (VNA, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Excellent problem-solving skills and a meticulous attention to detail.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a cross-functional team environment.<\/li>\n<li>Strong written and verbal communication skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"d89a6b59 _244754cd b9572076 _1505707b bb1ad77a _4a4bfb31 _251dfc87 _90d38c7f _6bd3c2e2 _00b8c247 _7dcd04b4\"><span class=\"_067b49b4 _57df2c34 dfaf4f38 d1901be7\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"expandable-text-box\"><strong>Preferred Qualifications<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_1a5401c6 _853c7f99 d1901be7\">\n<li>15+ years of experience in analog and digital hardware design.<\/li>\n<li>Strong understanding of Direct RF FPGA architectures, development flows, and design techniques (VHDL\/Verilog).<\/li>\n<li>Previous design experience with AMD RFSoC<\/li>\n<li>Experience with AMD FPGA devices and associated development tools (e.g., Vivado and Vitis).<\/li>\n<li>Experience with x86 and ARM processing architectures.<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of industry 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