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.

Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs Documenting and recording deliverables Verifying FPGA designsEnsuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision controlProviding progress reports 
 

Work Experience

Work Experience 

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 toolsExperience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.Independent verification using VHDLExperience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management toolsA good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control softwareExperience 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 disciplinesExcellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skillsAbility to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirementsDe-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system levelExperience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementationsLinux and scripting experienceExperience in writing technical reports/ documentation

Desirable

Development of real-time, embedded, safety-critical FPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL A or BIndependent verification using SystemVerilog / UVMRelevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industryExperience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in FPGA designsFamiliarity with latest FPGA device familiesPractical experience with agile methodology

Location

Edinburgh, UK

Qualifications

Honours degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subjectUK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearanceCurrent valid SC clearance would be an advantage