Multiple requirements (8) for FPGA Engineers to join a global consultancy supporting a major defence company. Ideally they are looking for these individuals to join the team in their Edinburgh office, but they are also able to support individuals workins from either Basildon, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle or Luton.

Applicants will ideally have active security clearance, and due to the nature of the project, is only available to sole British nationals or Dual British with 5+ years in the UK>

The roles are based purely onsite, but offered on a compressed 4 day week.

These roles have been determined as Inside IR35.

Role Overview:

The successful Senior & Principal FPGA engineers would be responsible for design and development of FPGAdesigns usingVHDLand verifying designs usingVHDLor System Verilog.

Job Responsibilities:

Working closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGAsolutions and solve integration problems on complex systems.

Creating innovative and robustVHDL-based designs
Documenting and recording deliverables
VerifyingFPGAdesigns
Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control
Providing progress reports

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Experience of developing FPGAusingVHDLor Verilog
Experienced with Mentor GraphicsFPGAdevelopment 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 efficientFPGAPlace and Route.
Independent verification usingVHDL
Experience ofFPGArequirements capture and requirements management tools
A good understanding ofFPGAversion control and revision control software
Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk forFPGAdesign activities.
Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / LeadFPGAengineer & other disciplines
Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailedFPGArequirements
De-buggingFPGAdesigns 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

Desirable

Development of real-time, embedded, safety-criticalFPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254DAL A or B
Independent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM
Relevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry
Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) inFPGAdesigns
Familiarity with latestFPGAdevice families
Practical experience with agile methodology