FPGA Engineer (SC Cleared)

Our client, a defence engineering and electronics provider is requiring an FPGA Engineer to join them on an initial 6 months contract.

Role working outside IR35 paying £400-£450 per day LTD. Can be based in either Greenford, Ealing or Gloucester (remote work on an ad-hoc basis but work mainly on site).

Job purpose:

FPGA design and implementation of complex functions and algorithms for use in secure communication products within the Communications and Integrated Systems business.

Key responsibilities:

• Carry out firmware design and development in VHDL, targeting the FPGA elements of complex real-time embedded systems.
• Develop appropriate firmware architectural solutions to efficiently meet the requirements of complex communication systems.
• Author high quality firmware requirements based on user needs and system artefacts to enable effective development and testing.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams during integration to de-bug and test Firmware on hardware platforms.

Personal attributes:

• Fully Proficient in the full life cycle of Firmware development using VHDL.
• Experience using FPGA toolchains, ideally targeting Xilinx parts.
• Applies and adapts a variety of engineering methods and techniques as necessary when creating solutions.
• Proficient in Verification, Integration, Test, Validation & Verification.
• Excellent general written and verbal communications skills.

SC Clearance is required for this position and due to the nature of work, only sole-British nationals can be considered.