Hi this is Stuart Musson and I am contacting you for two reasons, I would
like to inform you of our weekly e-letter on career tips and hot jobs, you
can subscribe at http://www.talentlab.com and I am also currently searching
for a Hardware Engineer for a client. I don’t know if you are someone that I
should be speaking with about this interesting opportunity but it is my hope
that you may be able to help me out in this search. Our client can offer a
friendly team-oriented environment, the opportunity to see your work go from
beginning to end and the opportunity to work on very intriguing products. I
have taken the liberty to attach the job description for your perusal, if
you are interested in this opportunity or if you know of anyone who is
currently looking to further their career.

Hardware Engineer

Core job

Design, develop, test and document (through to manufacturing sign-off)
digital hardware used in ground and airborne satellite communications
products and systems.  Typical boards incorporate embedded controllers,
FPGAs, TI or Analog Devices DSPs, miscellaneous peripherals and a host bus
interface.  Target systems include PCI and Compact PCI platforms.
May also be responsible for the hardware design of low-cost wireless
consumer products.

Core skills

digital circuit design
schematic and VHDL-based FPGA design
design-for-manufacture, design-for-test
EMI/EMC compliance
communications concepts (understanding of communications signal chain)

 Desirable skills

PCI / Compact PCI (including hot-swap)
avionics hardware design and familiarity with avionics standards (e.g.,
ARINC-429)
telephony interface design
analog hardware design (baseband)
RF (10 MHz to 450 MHz or beyond) hardware design
system design (requirements analysis/definition, architectural design,
interface specifications)
mobile satellite communications systems (e.g., Inmarsat, Globalstar)
modulation techniques
PC programming
Micro-controller programming
project management
documentation

To find out more about this position, I can be reached at the co-ordinates
below.

Stuart Musson
(613) 271-2342
stua...@talentlab.com