FPGA/Firmware Engineer

FPGA/Firmware Engineer- Defence- 12 months+ Luton/Bristol/Basildon -£60-£70 per hour inside IR35
A leading Defence organisation are seeking multipleFPGA Engineer to create advanced solutions for Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) programs, helping to protect personnel from threats like Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in both military and civilian environments.
Essential:

• Using FPGA technologies especially from either Xilinx, Microsemi (Actel) or Lattice and their tools
• Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or System Verilog / UVM
• Specifying complex timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route
• Ability to analyse system level requirements and derive detailed Firmware requirements
• A methodical approach to the full firmware design lifecycle, working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar
• Experience of working on safety related firmware to IEC 61508 would be advantageous.
• De-bugging firmware designs and supporting verification and integration at hardware and system level alongside Software and Hardware Engineers.
• Making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for Firmware design activities
• Ability to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written form
• Familiarity with Siemens EDA FPGA development tools including HDL Designer and ModelSim / Questa is an advantage.
• Engineering experience with radio systems and software defined radio or signal processing an advantage
• Experience of mentoring more junior members of the team

Desirable:

• Awareness of Safety, Security and other legislative constraints
• Domain experience in Electronics Warfare and Electronics Countermeasure.

SC clearance is essential to start in this position but a lapsed clearance or an exceptional candidate will be considered. #J-18808-Ljbffr