Firmware Engineer
Firmware (FPGA) Engineer
Become a key part of a team with a proven track record for delivering firmware for a wide range of defence, related products. Typical firmware services provided:
- Architecture, requirements specification, design, verification and validation.
- Working in conjunction with systems, software and hardware engineers to develop electronic systems.
Projects involve using the latest industry class development tools for FPGA and system on a chip hardware technologies. Work is carried out to a structured firmware design process.
The roles is based on our Manor Royal site in Crawley and can support a mix of on-site and remote working. There is a requirement to that periods of time to be spent at Customer sites and/or integration facilities.
The candidate will have demonstrable experience of Firmware engineering in the defence and/or transportation and/or aerospace domain.
The role holder reports to the Firmware Team Lead. The key individual responsibilities are:
- Work as part of firmware team to deliver firmware projects to agreed time, cost and quality
- Verify firmware using Hardware Verification Languages or Hardware Description languages
- Design firmware using Hardware Description Languages
- Enhancement of firmware related processes (documenting, scripting, reporting, process automation)
- Working closely with multi-disciplinary teams
Desired knowledge, qualifications and experience
- Strong communications, verbally and in writing. A relevant degree (BEng, MEng, EngD, PhD) in electronics, supported by 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Verification Test bench architecture with System Verilog or C++
- Verification Methodology: Advanced VHDL verification or OSVVM/UVVM
- Requirements Management: IBM Rationale DOORS
- Simulation of designs using simulator tool: Mentor Graphics Modelsim / Questasim /Simulink
- Digital electronic design in hardware development languages: VHDL and either Verilog or System Verilog
- Implementation of complex designs using any vendor specific development tools
- Technologies: PCIe, Ethernet, Serial Comms, AXI4
- Object Orientated design Techniques
- Image processing techniques and algorithms
- Algorithm development using development tool: MatLab
- Linux development environments
Note - Due to the nature of projects, we require candidates that have or could get Security Clearance.