FPGA Engineer

A Global Consultancy we are working with requires FPGA Engineers to join them on a permanent basis. The roles require you to work on-site 4 days per week at the site in Luton. Due to the nature of your work, you must be eligible for SC clearance (UK eyes only). Role Overview: The Senior / Principal FPGA engineer would be responsible for design and development of FPGA designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog. Job Responsibilities: The FPGA engineer would work closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGA solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems. * Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs * Documenting and recording deliverables * Verifying FPGA designs * Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control * Providing progress reports Skills, Qualifications and Experience required: Mandatory * At least 5 years’ experience of developing FPGA using VHDL or Verilog * Experienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision * Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools * Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route. * Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements * Independent verification using VHDL * Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools * De-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level * A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software * Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities. * Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations * Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / Lead FPGA engineer & other disciplines * Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills * Linux and scripting experience * Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation