Graduate Research/Algorithm Engineer (DSP, Sensor Systems)
Graduate Research/Algorithm Engineer (DSP, Sensor Systems)
Whiteley, Fareham (3 days per week in office)
Up to £38,000, or up to £42,000 with a relevant PhD
Your new company
You'll be joining the European headquarters of a high-growth, innovation-led semiconductor business developing next-generation human-machine interface technology.
The Research team focuses primarily on capacitive touch sensing, helping to shape advanced touch ICs used within OLED display panels and other future-facing products. This is a highly collaborative R&D environment where ideas move from initial research and modelling through to system validation.
Engineers work hands-on across hardware, firmware, software, data analysis and system modelling, using agile methods to solve complex technical problems and turn early concepts into robust product technology.
The role is hybrid and you'll be required to work three days per week onsite in Whiteley. You must have a relevant Degree to apply, ideally at PhD level.
Your new role
This is a graduate or early-career opportunity to build specialist expertise in algorithm engineering, working on RISC-V-based capacitive touch controllers and the physical sensing technology behind them.
The position is designed for someone with up to one year of relevant experience who enjoys combining mathematical problem-solving with hands-on experimentation.
Working alongside experienced engineers, you'll investigate how physical sensors behave and turn measured signals into reliable algorithms. You'll contribute to touch-detection and signal-processing work involving filtering, calibration and noise rejection, while learning how sensor physics, mixed-signal electronics and digital processing interact in real products.
Using MATLAB, Simulink and/or Python, you'll help build models of capacitive sensors, analogue front ends, ADCs and digital signal-processing chains.
You'll collect and analyse measurements from prototypes and IC evaluation platforms, compare experimental results with model predictions, and create repeatable simulations and tests to quantify performance improvements.
You'll also support algorithm verification, basic fixed-point evaluation and the handover of research into firmware or digital hardware implementation, collaborating with IC design, firmware and system-validation engineers throughout the process.
What you'll need to succeed
You'll hold a BEng/BSc, MEng/MSc or PhD in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Physics or Applied Physics, Signal Processing or a closely related subject.
You'll have sound fundamentals in signals and systems, including sampling, filtering and time and frequency-domain analysis, supported by good numerical and mathematical reasoning.
You'll also understand electronic circuits, sensors or physical measurement systems and be interested in how noise, interference and other real-world effects influence performance.
Experience gained through university research, projects, placements or personal development involving MATLAB, Simulink or Python will be valuable.
Exposure to FIR or IIR filters, FFTs, fixed-point arithmetic, analogue or mixed-signal electronics, ADCs, laboratory instrumentation, SPICE, FPGA or HDL development, Embedded C/C++, microcontrollers or RISC-V would be advantageous rather than expected in depth.
Projects involving physical sensors, signal acquisition, sensor fusion or machine learning applied to measured data would be particularly relevant. Above all, you'll be curious, methodical and able to explain your technical reasoning clearly.
What you'll get in return
You'll join a technically ambitious R&D team where you'll learn directly from experienced algorithm, IC, firmware and validation engineers while applying your academic knowledge to real physical systems and semiconductor products.
The base salary is up to £38,000 for a graduate or postgraduate candidate, rising to up to £42,000 for someone holding a relevant PhD.
The benefits package also includes private health and dental cover, an EV car salary sacrifice scheme, mental health assistance programmes and wider wellbeing support, alongside hybrid working from modern offices in Whiteley.
What you need to do now
To find out more or to be considered, please apply directly or get in touch for a confidential discussion with Max Wilcock, Senior Business Director, on .
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