About the role

  • Engage and work alongside engineers of all disciplines who are passionate about technology and applying it to the nationally critical projects.
  • Become part of the established Firmware engineering community that has a heavy emphasis on developing talent through in-depth internal training, mentoring, knowledge sharing and social events.
  • Help develop industry leading products using FPGAs as a key enabling technology for high-speed packet processing, implementation of complex algorithms and security enforcing functions.
  • Be exposed to a modern FPGA development environment that utilises the latest tools and Continuous Integration methods.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of low-level FPGA physical characteristics and how to write VHDL to achieve optimal efficiency and timing closure
  • Experience targeting AMD FPGA and System on a Chip (SoC) devices, including the AXI protocol
  • Proficient in FPGA simulation using Siemens QuestaSim tools
  • Experience with modern verification methodologies (e.g. OSVVM & CoCoTB)
  • Experience in using AMD FPGA build tools (ISE & Vivado)
  • Good technical documentation skills
  • Ability to utilise, develop and maintain scripted build flows (TCL/ Python)
  • Experience with modern, team-based version control systems (Git)
  • Understanding of Continuous Integration approaches and tools (e.g. Gitlab & Docker)
  • Driven, adaptable, innovative, self-starter capable of quickly assimilating information from a range of sources.

Benefits

  • £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
  • Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week (minimum) – please note this is project dependent and may change at any time.
  • Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request
  • Half day finish on a Friday
  • 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
  • Private medical insurance with optional family cover
  • Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
  • Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
  • Group income protection
  • Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
  • Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
  • Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

Job title

FPGA Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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