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Morson Talent | Principal Firmware Engineer | newcastle-upon-tyne, tyne and wear

Morson Talent
Edinburgh
9 months ago
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Principal Firmware Engineer (x2)

Location: Newcastle

Duration: 6 months

Rate: £51.32 per hour PAYE or £70 per hour Umbrella

As a Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer, you will create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You will 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.

Proven Ability / Key Skills

  • Creating innovative VHDL based FPGA designs
  • Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or SystemVerilog / UVM
  • Current FPGA technologies from either Xilinx, Altera or Microsemi and their tools
  • Model Driven Engineering tools including MATLAB and Simulink
  • 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

Additional

Due to the sensitive nature of the project involved all applicants must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level.


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