Principal FPGA Engineer

Ref No.	BHN253088
Location	Enfield, England
Job type	Permanent
Job Status	Open

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Introduction

Our client are a cutting edge radar technology business with an exciting requirement for an experienced FPGA design engineer to join them in their North London headquarters.

Important

Experienced FPGA design engineer with technical leadership experience

The Job

Responsibilities;

To use good engineering practice to produce Firmware for new, innovative and profitable products and solutions for the business.
To support and enhance existing Firmware in accordance with business and commercial requirements.
To be responsible for defining requirements for a feature/bug fix up to full system level; design and document a solution that meets the requirements; and, implement, test and verify the design meets the requirements with supported test evidence.
To undertake design, implementation and debugging of VHDL based FPGA hardware.
To undertake design and development of test benches and vectors to verify VHDL based FPGA.
To write technical documentation including requirement specifications, test specification and functional description.
Will be expected to take responsibility of multiple projects/work packages. This will involve scoping the task and defining resources together with estimated time scales. Project ownership will involve monitoring project progress and reporting to stake holders.
To be knowledgeable of company working polices and ensure they are followed throughout the team.
To be responsible for building a Software/Firmware package for release; including: configuring the release, raising the appropriate documentation and chairing the release meeting.
Technical liaison within and outside the business with customers, suppliers and collaborators on Firmware related matters.
To be able to use test equipment such as: oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, signal generators, etc. to test hardware on the bench running your implemented Firmware and verify it operates as expected.
Mentoring of junior members of the team and providing constructive feedback in code/document reviews.
To conduct appropriate Design Reviews of FPGA design and VHDL implementation.
To undertake system design at the highest level and creation of suitable documentation to allow implementation of system to take place.
To write technical documentation including requirement specifications, test specification and functional description
To provide in house training on FPGA design, techniques and tools.
To provide a leadership and supervisory role for more junior engineers.
To take part in higher-level product definition and design review activity, providing expert input from an FPGA perspective.
To promote the business within appropriate forums.
Travel within the UK may be required, and is considered an occasional feature of this role. This could be required at short notice.
To undertake other tasks as required by more senior management.

Requirements;

Masters or Bachelors Degree qualified or with equivalent relevant experience.
Strong experience working on FPGA designs.
Experience working on systems containing multiple FPGAs.
Proven track record of analysing system requirements at the highest level and decomposing them into a suitable implementation for a product.
Proven track record of producing designs on time and within budget.
Experience working on Radar or related DSP applications.

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