FPGA Engineer

Multiple requirements (8) for FPGA Engineers to join a global consultancy supporting a major defence company. Ideally they are looking for these individuals to join the team in their Edinburgh office, but they are also able to support individuals workins from either Basildon, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle or Luton.

Applicants will ideally have active security clearance, and due to the nature of the project, is only available to sole British nationals or Dual British with 5+ years in the UK>

The roles are based purely onsite, but offered on a compressed 4 day week.

These roles have been determined as Inside IR35.

Role Overview:�

The successful Senior & Principal FPGA engineers would be responsible for design and development of FPGA�designs using�VHDL�and verifying designs using�VHDL�or System Verilog.�

Job Responsibilities:

Working closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGA�solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems.

• Creating innovative and robust�VHDL-based designs�


• Documenting and recording deliverables�


• Verifying�FPGA�designs


• Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control


• Providing progress reports�

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

• Experience of developing FPGA�using�VHDL�or Verilog�


• Experienced with Mentor Graphics�FPGA�development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision�


• Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools


• Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient�FPGA�Place and Route.


• Independent verification using�VHDL


• Experience of�FPGA�requirements capture and requirements management tools


• A good understanding of�FPGA�version control and revision control software


• Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for�FPGA�design activities.


• Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / Lead�FPGA�engineer & other disciplines


• Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills


• Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed�FPGA�requirements


• De-bugging�FPGA�designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware�


• and system level


• Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations


• Linux and scripting experience


• Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation

Desirable

• Development of real-time, embedded, safety-critical�FPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254�DAL A or B


• Independent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM


• Relevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry


• Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in�FPGA�designs


• Familiarity with latest�FPGA�device families


• Practical experience with agile methodology