FPGA Design Engineer

For this role, our client is seeking an experienced FPGA design and verification Engineer to support the development of a growing portfolio of complex FPGA projects. The current portfolio ranges from advanced signal processing systems (ImageRadio), core embedded processing systems, through to safety & security critical systems.

The candidate would be supported by the wider team, and would have opportunity to help lead technical solutions and interact with other functions to help realise delivery of the project.

Responsibilities:

• An opportunity to tackle technically demanding projects, develop new skills
• Opportunity to show that you share our key values of Innovation, Commitment, Integrity, Passion and Team Spirit
• Join a team full of desire and ambition to be the best we can.
• You will be part of a successful team working at the forefront of technology, developing new and innovative concepts for future products
• You will be involved in the design, development and proving of key products throughout the product lifecycle from concept to in service support.
• Architecture and Requirement definition. Working with hardware and system engineers to define the FPGA needs.
• Design implementation and test.
• Prepare and efficiently maintain design and test documentation.
• Peer review support. Through sharing with others we grow as a team.
• Integration support. Working with systems, software and hardware engineers to ensure product performance. It only works when it works together.
• Preparing the future. Working on research topics to secure the technology of the future.

Skills required:

• Competent VHDL skills.
• Competent verification skills where SystemVerilog would be an advantage, but not mandated.
• Candidates will need to demonstrate a proven track record of designing for Xilinx, Intel or Microsemi devices and mastery of associated tool chains.
• An agile team player with good verbal and written communication skills capable of operating in a multi-disciplinary team
• Candidates will have completed a significant number of complex FPGA designs using Xilinx, and/or Altera FPGA devices (including SoC configurations using Power PC or ARM cores) and have knowledge of the trends in FPGA design and technology.
• A thorough understanding of the use of design tools such as Xilinx EDK, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx XST, Vivado, Mentor Graphics HDL Designer, Precision Synthesis, ModelSim is also Requirement.