Senior / Principal FPGA Engineer Location- Luton Type- Permanent Mode- 5 Days Onsite- Luton 8+Yrs Experience Job Description - 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 Skills, 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.
- Ability to analyze system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements - Independent verification using VHDL - Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools - De-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware - and system level - A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software - Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities.
- Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations - 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 - Linux and scripting experience - Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation 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