FPGA Engineer

Multiple requirements (8) for FPGA Engineers to join a global consultancy supporting a major defence company. Ideally they are looking for these individuals to join the team in their Edinburgh office, but they are also able to support individuals workins from either Basildon, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle or Luton. Applicants will ideally have active security clearance, and due to the nature of the project, is only available to sole British nationals or Dual British with 5+ years in the UK> The roles are based purely onsite, but offered on a compressed 4 day week. These roles have been determined as Inside IR35. Role Overview: The successful Senior & Principal FPGA engineers would be responsible for design and development of FPGAdesigns usingVHDLand verifying designs usingVHDLor System Verilog. Job Responsibilities: Working closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGAsolutions and solve integration problems on complex systems. Creating innovative and robustVHDL-based designs Documenting and recording deliverables VerifyingFPGAdesigns Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control Providing progress reports Skills, Qualifications and Experience required: Experience of developing FPGAusingVHDLor Verilog Experienced with Mentor GraphicsFPGAdevelopment 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 efficientFPGAPlace and Route. Independent verification usingVHDL Experience ofFPGArequirements capture and requirements management tools A good understanding ofFPGAversion control and revision control software Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk forFPGAdesign activities. Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / LeadFPGAengineer & other disciplines Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailedFPGArequirements De-buggingFPGAdesigns and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations Linux and scripting experience Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation Desirable Development of real-time, embedded, safety-criticalFPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254DAL A or B Independent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM Relevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) inFPGAdesigns Familiarity with latestFPGAdevice families Practical experience with agile methodology TPBN1_UKTJ