The Electronics Function in Edinburgh requires a Contract Firmware (FPGA) Engineers to design and develop firmware for airborne applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creating robust VHDL based designs; fully documenting and recording your work products; keeping them under configuration management and providing progress reports
• Design and develop Firmware designs using VHDL; verify designs using either VHDL or System Verilog and work to a structured firmware design process
• Work closely and liaise with Systems, Hardware and Software engineers in order to resolve real integration problems on complex systems

Skills Required:

• VHDL based FPGA design & verification techniques
• FPGA technologies from either Xilinx or Altera
• Adopting a methodical approach to firmware design, ideally working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar
• Specifying complex timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route
• De-bugging and testing firmware designs and supporting module and system related test verification and integration project phases
• Mentor Graphics FPGA Development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision, is an advantage.

ADDITIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION: WE SEEK 4 FIRMWARE ENGINEERS WHO HAVE WORKED IN A MILITARY / DEFENCE ENVIRONMENT / INDUSTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR WHO ARE CAPABLE OF OBTAINING SECURITY CLEARANCE (SC LEVEL MINIMUM)