Principal Firmware Engineer

Principal Firmware Engineer

Edinburg OR Newcastle

Paying up to £70p/h (Inside IR35)

6-month contract

Responsibilities:

• The Design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using either VHDL or System Verilog and working to a structured firmware design process.
• Creating innovative VHDL-based FPGA design
• Analysing system-level documents and deriving detailed Firmware requirements
• Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or SystemVerilog / UVM
• Full firmware design lifecycle, ideally working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar

Experience required:

• Hold a degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ideally specializing in FPGA / Digital techniques.
• Have used Model Driven Engineering tools including MATLAB and Simulink
• De-bugging firmware designs and supporting system-related verification and integration
• High Speed Interface Design & Integration, including PCIe, DDR3, Ethernet
• FPGA technologies from either Xilinx, Altera, or Microsemi and their tools
• Be eligible to obtain SC level security clearance