Firmware Engineer
- Location: Luton, Bedfordshire, England
- Salary: £60 - 65 per hour
- Category
- Sector: Aerospace and Defence
- Contract type Contract
- Consultant: Michael Murray
JOB DESCRIPTION
We have an exciting opportunity for a Firmware/FPGA Engineer. You will help deliver the complex Firmware that forms part of our self-protection systems installed on fast jet, UAV, land and naval platforms.
Would like to deliver the complex Firmware that forms part of our self-protection systems installed on fast jet, UAV, land and naval platforms? We have an exciting opportunity for a Firmware Engineer to join a growing Luton based team.
ROLE
As a Firmware/FPGA engineer will work with the support of experts in their field, using world-class facilities to deliver Firmware for complex digital systems that meet challenging future customer requirements.
• Design tools such as Xilinx, TCL, Verilog, System Verilog and UVM
• FPGA architectures such as Xilinx 7. Xilinx UltraScale Intel (Altera) or Microsemi (Actel)
• Fast interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, and JESD is also required
• Auto-generated code using model driven engineering using Matlab and Simulink tools
• Derivation of detailed Firmware requirements and architecture from system requirements
• A structured approach to firmware design (RTCA DO-254 or similar)
• Cryptography and anti-tamper techniques
• Artificial Intelligence including machine learning and genetic algorithms
• Electronics test methods and equipment