Micro Electronics Engineer

Job ID: TEC-EDP-00615

Deadline: 20 July 2020

Aurora is an established supplier of skilled manpower to ESA and in particular at ESTEC and ESAC. Aurora has the opportunity to expand our support to ESA in the domain of TEC-EDP – Electromagnetics Components Data & Power Systems Engineering, supporting the Microelectronics Section.
Happiness of our employees has proven key to obtaining excellent results and a client who also regards us highly for excellent service.

Overview

Providing technical support to ESA projects in the domain of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) used in payloads and platforms of ESA missions of any ESA programme: Navigation, Science, Earth Observation, Telecommunications, Human space Exploration of Technology. This technical support will involve:

  • Supervision of the end-to-end development of new FPGAs throughout all development phases: specification, architectural design, detailed design, place and route, programming and device tests.
  • Critical review of the technical documentation, design files, hardware test platforms and software used during the different phases of the FPGA developments.
  • Providing technical feedback and advice to ESA and industry mission teams to help achieve successful and on-time-budget new FPGA developments and to solve problems related to already developed FPGAs.
  • Leading and/or providing support to research internal (in ESTEC Microelectronics Laboratory) and/or external (with Companies contracted by ESA) activities in the domain of FPGAs devices and their tool ecosystems for use in space environment.

Specific qualification requirements

  • Master degree in Electronics Engineering or Physics, specialised in Microelectronics together with at least 4 years of relevant working experience.
  • Design and test of digital FPGAS (specifications, block design, top level integration, design for test, pre and post layout stimulation and timing analysis, gates synthesis, support during layout, prototype test and in system validation), with proficency in HDL (VHDL, Verilog and System-C).
  • VLSI IC Design CAD tools and such as : Synopysys, DADENCE, Mentor, Mathlab and/or Simuluk.
  • FPGA HW and SW of several vendors such as Xilinix, Microchip(former Microsemi, form ACTEL) NanoXplore, Alteraa and/or Atmel.
  • Preparation of FPGA test-benches, for functional validation and electrical characterization, using signal generators, oscilloscopes and signal anaylzers.
  • Basic system administration in UNIX and Windows for IC Design CAD tools.
  • Experience with Microprocessors (eg. LEON, ARM, RISC-V) and HW-SW co-design.
  • Experience with mitigation of radiation effects and/or radiation tests of FPGAs and/or ASICs.
  • Experience with digital ASIC design.
  • Knowledge of the Space environment, its effects on microelectronics devices and related technology, as well as ECSS quality standards applied to spacee VLSI ICs.
  • Fluency in English (both written and spoken) is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

NOTE: for candidates with less than 10 years experience, the relevant academic transcripts must be provided in order to give a more complete candidate profile at the selection stage.

Legal and Security Requirements

  • All applicants must be legally allowed to work in The Netherlands
  • Applicants are required to provide a copy of their passport and degree certificate. Aurora will validate the Degree with the issuing University and provide evidence to ESA.
  • Prior to issuing a letter of employment the applicant shall provide to Aurora a recent official document declaring that they are of good conduct from the country where currently resident.

Location

The work will be performed at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) at Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Contract

  • The selected candidate will receive good remuneration  in line with ESA Job Class.
  • Will be registered for both social security and tax in the Netherlands.
  • The standard working hours are 40 per week. There are 12 public holidays and an additional 30 annual days holiday.
  • Training to improve efficiency and provide strength for future career are of course included.
  • Aurora assist with relocation both with support and financially.
  • Aurora contributes to a company pension scheme.

To be considered  apply for this Position

Prior to 20 July 2020, please apply via our Job Application form quoting TEC-EDP-615 (RT-C/TEC-EDM/00615) as reference.

Aurora will agree conditional employment terms and conditions with candidates before presenting them by 22 July 2020, 13.00 hours.

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