Firmware FPGA Engineer

12 month contract – Outside IR35

Onsite in Edinburgh – some remote working available

We are looking for a Firmware Engineer at Senior or Principal Level to join our team in Edinburgh. Our client is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. We are recruiting talented, motivated engineers to join our growing Electronics team.

Job Role:

Our Electronics Function in Edinburgh requires a Senior/Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer to create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You would be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using either VHDL or SystemVerilog and working to a structured firmware design process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creating innovative VHDL based FPGA designs
• Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or SystemVerilog / UVM
• High Speed Interface Design & Integration, including PCIe, DDR3, Ethernet
• Analysing system level documents and deriving detailed Firmware requirements
• Adopting a methodical approach to the full firmware design lifecycle, 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 firmware designs and supporting system related verification and integration

Key Skills and Experience:

This role requires you to hold a degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ideally specialising in FPGA / Digital techniques. You must have considerable experience designing Firmware architecture using FPGA technologies and tools from either Xilinx, Intel (Altera) or Microsemi (Actel).

Experience of fast interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, JESDC is also required. You will be able to use advanced verification techniques such as VHDL or System Verilog / UVM.

Familiarity with Model Based Engineering using Matlab and Simulink tools is also an advantage. A methodical approach to the full firmware design lifecycle, working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar.