Engineer, Field Engineering & Design

Considerations Permanent, Lead and Principal 4 days onsite UKEO Luton Salary - 85kBP per annum Open to contract also SC Clearance or Eligible 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. · 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: Mandatory · At least 5 years’ 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. ~ Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements · Independent verification using VHDL · Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools De-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level · A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software · Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities. ~ Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations · 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 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 Qualifications · Honours degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subject · UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance · Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage