Senior / Principal FPGA Engineer

Quest Global

  • Edinburgh
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 13 days ago
Job RequirementsRole 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 designs
  • Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control
  • Providing progress reports
Work ExperienceWork ExperienceSkills, 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 tools
  • Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.
  • Independent verification using VHDL
  • Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools
  • A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software
  • Experience 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 disciplines
  • Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
  • Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements
  • De-bugging FPGA designs 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-critical FPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL A or B
  • Independent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM
  • Relevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry
  • Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in FPGA designs
  • Familiarity with latest FPGA device families
  • Practical experience with agile methodology
Location
  • Edinburgh, UK
Qualifications
  • Honours degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subject
  • UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
  • Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage

Quest Global