Contract Engineering -
PCB and FPGA development of the award winning
HCAM and Viewback
Responsibilities;
- Schematic Entry, PCB Layout (DDR3-800MHz, 12Gbps, FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog).
Tools;
- Hardware Development: Altium (Schematic Entry / Layout),
- FPGA: Xilinx
- VHDL/Verilog development: Xilinx ISE, Vivado
Design Examples
Designs
Contract Engineering -
Engineering lead in the development of the
XMCGA8 and FORCE2
Responsibilities;
- Product definition, Hardware Architecture and Project Lead.
- Responsible for Production Test/Validation/and Compliance.
- Risk analysis
Tools;
- Hardware Development: Mentor Graphics (Design Capture),
- FPGA: Xilinx
- VHDL development: Xilinx ISE, Vivado
Lead Project Engineer -
Technical lead for the development of the
Real Freedom Receiver.
Responsibilities;
- Product definition, Hardware Architecture and Project Lead.
- Responsible for Production Test/Validation/Compliance/and FAE support of the Video/Decoder receiver.
- Hardware/Software interface definition.
- Risk analysis
- External Supplier selection, Due diligence and Contractual negotiations.
Tools;
- Hardware Development: Altium
- FPGA: Xilinx
- VHDL development: Xilinx ISE
Detailed knowledge of;
- Wireless Standards: DVB-T/T2/S
- Broadcast physical transmission layers: ASI, SDI
- Data fabrics/protocols/interfaces: Ethernet, DDR3
- Embedded procssors: Texas Instruments
Team Leader -
Technical lead for the development of the
TM500
.
Responsibilities;
- Product definition, Hardware Architecture and Hardware Team Lead.
- Production Test/Validation/Compliance and FAE support.
- Hardware/software interface definition.
- Risk analysis, Task/Resource planning, Team skills/task matching.
- External supplier selection, Due diligence and Contractual negotiations.
Tools;
- Hardware Development: DxDesigner
- FPGA, CPLD: Xilinx
- VHDL development: Xilinx ISE, ModelSim, Precision, Synplicity, Rational Clearcase and ClearQuest.
Detailed knowledge of;
- System Architectures: ATCA, microTCA, VME, CPCI, PXI and products within these ecosystems.
- Wireless Standards: GSM, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE
- Telecom Physical Transmission layers: ATM, xDSL, SDH, PDH, Ethernet
- Data fabrics/Protocols/Interfaces: SRIO, Ethernet, and PCI-E, DDR/DDR2/DDR3
- Embedded procssors: Freescale, Texas Instruments, Intel
