Job Requirements
Role Overview:
The Senior / Principal FPGA engineer would be responsible for design and development of FPGA designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog.
Job Responsibilities:
The FPGA engineer would work closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGA solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems.
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Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs
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Documenting and recording deliverables
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Verifying FPGA designs
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Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control
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Providing progress reports
Work Experience
Work Experience
Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:
Mandatory
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At least 5 years’ experience of developing FPGA using VHDL or Verilog
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Experienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision
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Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools
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Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.
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Independent verification using VHDL
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Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools
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A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software
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Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities.
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Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / Lead FPGA engineer & other disciplines
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Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
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Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements
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De-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware
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and system level
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Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations
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Linux and scripting experience
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Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation
Desirable
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Development of real-time, embedded, safety-critical FPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL A or B
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Independent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM
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Relevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry
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Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in FPGA designs
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Familiarity with latest FPGA device families
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Practical experience with agile methodology
Location
Qualifications
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Honours degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subject
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UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
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Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage
