Location: Basildon, Essex - Hybrid 3+ days on-site per week
Role Type: Permanent
Salary: £55,000 - £80,000 depending on experience
Our client, an established engineering consultancy, require an experienced FPGA Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team in Basildon.
The FPGA engineer would be responsible for design and development of FPGA designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog.
This post requires UK nationality & 5+ years' continued residency in the UK.
Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage.
What the role of the FPGA Engineer entails:
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
What experience you need to be the successful FPGA Engineer:
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
This really is a fantastic opportunity for a FPGA Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!
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Salary description
£55000.00 - £80000.00 per year