Lead FPGA Engineer

Our Client, a global leader in the defence industry has an exciting opportunity for a Lead FPGA design Engineer / Manager.\\n\\n Role Overview: \\n\\n The Lead FPGA Engineer would be responsible the success of the engineering activities within an Integrated FPGA Product Team or one of the products within an FPGA Product Line.\\n\\nJob Responsibilities:\\n\\n The Lead FPGA Engineer is responsible for defining and leading the Work Packages for the team members on a day-to-day basis. Assignment of the work packages would happen in consultation with the Project Engineering Manager. You would be responsible for providing your team with clear expectations of the engineering outcomes, ensuring that they operate consistently within the Policies & Procedures and to foster the improvement goals defined by the Engineering Function.\\n\\n Specific responsibilities:\\n\\nLead the Engineering aspects of the FPGA Project or Product Line \\nManage an FPGA Engineering Team to deliver the project outcomes\\nEnsure that the outcomes for success are clearly defined and well communicated\\nEnsure that the FPGA Engineering activities are well planned, costed and scheduled with the Project Planning and Project Management Community.\\nEnsure that the FPGA Engineering team has a well-documented Engineering Plan and that the plan is followed\\nReport on progress of the Engineering plan as needed\\nEnsure the FPGA Engineering team follows an effectively tailored Life Cycle Management Process, leading the Design Reviews.\\nOversee the completion of the project outcomes to quality, cost and schedule ensuring that the project performance is accurately reported throughout\\nMaintain an effective dialogue with the Project Engineering Manager and PM, reporting status and risks to the project throughout\\nWork closely with the FPGA & Systems Design Authorities ensuring they are fully informed on technical progress and technical risks, requesting support as required\\nSupport the Project Engineering Manager for engineering reviews and team briefs\\nSupport the team with day-to-day technical queries and hands-on troubleshooting \\n\\n Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:\\n\\n Mandatory\\n\\nProven experience in FPGA engineering management and delivery of projects\\nEngineering or scientific Degree qualification (or equivalent)\\nExcellent communicator and able to provide clear direction to FPGA teams\\nAbility to manage complex situations with sound judgement and the ability to balance conflicting challenges\\nCommercial and business awareness\\nExperience of working across the full life cycle\\nFamiliarity with latest FPGA device families and verification methodologies\\nProven expertise of developing FPGA using VHDL or Verilog\\nExperienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision\\nFamiliar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools\\nExperience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.\\nAbility to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements\\nIndependent verification using VHDL\\nExperience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools\\nDe-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level\\nA good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software\\nExperience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities.\\nExperience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations\\nAbility to coordinate day to day technical activities\\nExcellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills\\nLinux and scripting experience\\nPractical experience with agile methodology\\nExperience in writing technical reports/documentation \\n\\n Desirable\\n\\nDevelopment of real-time, embedded, safety-critical FPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL A/B or below\\nElectronic Warfare or RF Systems Experience\\nDefence domain experience or relevant experience in the Aerospace industry\\nDevelopment and certification of airborne equipment\\nNew Product Introduction experience\\nIndependent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM\\nExperience of embedded processor cores (e.g.

ARM) in FPGA designs \\n\\n Qualifications\\n\\nHonours degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subject \\n\\n Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage\\n\\n Due to the security requirements this role is open to SOLE UK NATIONALS ONLY