Firmware Engineer

About the Company Belcan Workforce Solutions are seeking a Firmware Engineer on a 12-month contract to join our client’s Defence and Space team in Portsmouth. This is your opportunity to be part of the Modems and Software Defined Radio group and report to the Engineering Manager of the project, delivering a new product to the UK MOD. About the Role The role will be based on site in Portsmouth, UK. The role has a flexible working pattern and you will be required to be in office 60% of your time. You will be an experienced Firmware Engineer with experience of working with Xilinx products. Within the team, you will work to generate, test and integrate code to support innovative solutions for software-defined modem technologies. Responsibilities Strong understanding of DSP VHDL / VHSIC Verilog / SystemVerilog Atlassian toolset (e.g. Jira, Confluence, BitBucket) Qualifications As a Firmware Engineer you will need a strong understanding of DSP and VHDL Encoding to a high standard in a Linux environment. You will have Xilinx Vivado experience, particularly use of block diagrams and non-project mode and tcl scripts for configuring and connecting IP and building projects in the Vivado environment. Required Skills HND or Bachelor of Engineering and typically 5 years of professional experience Experience of using high level modelling languages (e.g. SysML, UML) Experience in using Sparx Enterprise Architect Familiarity of using agile methodologies in delivery is desireable Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team A background knowledge/interest of satellite communication systems/industry or Modem technology If this sounds like something you might be interested please apply today and one of our consultants will be in touch within 48 hours. Successful applicants must also meet eligibility requirements to obtain UK Security Clearance.