Key Notes
Digital hardware and firmware for railway signalling control systems are the main technical scope, including FPGA platforms and product obsolescence; Alstom does not expect candidates to have every listed skill. This permanent Hatfield post specifies four days on site and pay around £78,000 plus bonus. It includes work-package leadership, mentoring, hardware/software interfaces and the migration of existing products onto replacement devices and documentation systems.
What You'll Work On
- Design digital hardware and firmware for railway signalling control systems on bespoke and commercial platforms, preparing development plans and technical documentation.
- Lead product obsolescence work, including board redesign, firmware migration and industrial PC configuration records, and move NPI documentation into the new PLM tool.
- Define hardware/software interfaces with the software team, investigate integration problems, and support product approvals and delivery within work-package budgets and schedules.
Why This Role Matters
- Signalling control products contain devices that become obsolete; board redesign and firmware migration provide a technical route for continuing those products on replacement components.
- Hardware and software must work together within the control system, with interface requirements and integration testing establishing compatibility before product approval and project delivery.
What They Are Looking For
- Technical: Experience or understanding of digital hardware, firmware, FPGA and CPLD devices, RTOS and Intel processor platforms is sought.
- Technical: Knowledge of memory technologies, Spartan or Virtex FPGA families or similar devices, schematics, BSPs and PCB design is sought.
- Technical: Experience or understanding of PCIe and serial or parallel buses, including UART, USB, SPI and I2C, is sought.
- Technical: Familiarity with design for manufacture and test, verification and validation, hardware characterisation and obsolescence management is sought.