Digital Design Engineer *2 (m/f)

Digital Design Engineer *2 (m/f)

Digital Design Engineer *2 (m/f)

Airbus Defence & Space Elancourt (ex Astrium SL)

Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. The new division is Europe's number one defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues of approximately €14 billion per year.

Airbus Group is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2015, the Group - comprising Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters - generated revenues of € 64.5 billion and employed a workforce of around 136,600.

Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space.

Description of the job

A vacancy for a Digital Design Engineer (m/f) has arisen within the Airbus Defence and Space in Elancourt.

Your responsibilities will include:

·  Elaborating, justifying and validating the electrical design for ASIC, FPGA and modules used on space electronics applications.
·  Following electronics are considered: Video and Digital Signal Processing, Computers, Mass Memories, DigitalCommunications, Power Supplies, Mechanism drive electronics, etc.

You will be fully responsible for the costs and schedules of your activities within the Digital Design Group.

This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

Tasks & accountabilities

In the context of this activity, the jobholder will be in charge of:

·  Electrical design, including technical proposals, specifications, trade-offs, architecture and detailed design.
·  Validation through simulations and characterisation tests.
·  Considering all the specific space constraints such as radiation, thermal, and assembly constraints in the design.
·  Writing all the justification files.

This role will involve some travels for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly (around 3 or 4 travels a yearmainly in Airbus Defence and Space and subsidiaries sites).

Required skills

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

¤Educated to a Master's degree level in (or equivalent) in Electronics ,
¤Digital Designer experience with knowledge of VHDL coding, simulation and synthesis,

¤Intermediate level of English and negotiation level in French,

Soft Skills:
¤Good analytical approach and communication skills (both good written and oral presentation skills),
¤Ability to follow and apply strict design guidelines and rules,
¤Good organisation skills, good customer facing skills,
¤Sense of commitment, well organised, team player, highly pro-active,
¤Innovative/Creative, good analytical approach, logical thinker,
¤Good customer facing skills.