Principal FPGA Engineer

Chelmsford

£60,000 - £65,000

A company that delivers high-performance technology solutions for space, aerospace, defence, industrial, and scientific applications are seeking a Principal FPGA Engineer to join their dynamic team.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the design, development, and implementation of FPGA-based solutions.

Key Accountabilities - Principal FPGA Engineer

+ The Engineer will provide bid and business development support in collaboration with other team members.

+ This level of support will include reviewing and specifying technical proposals, conducting trade-off analyses and supplying estimates for effort and material cost.

Skills and knowledge required - Principal FPGA Engineer

+ 5+ years industrial design of FPGA.

+ Use of Microchip Libero and/or Xilinx Vivado design environments.

+ Functional verification using self-checking test benches and simulation.

+ Timing verification using timing constraints and analysis.

+ To generate accurate estimates and define tasks for FPGA product delivery.

+ Authoring required documentation, including requirements specifications, detailed design documents, technical reports, test specifications, user manuals, work instructions, etc.

+ Use of electronic test equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, logic analyser)

+ You will provide technical leadership to a small team of FPGA engineers coaching and mentoring throughout end-to-end FPGA development, maintenance, and lifecycle.

+ You will work closely with Embedded Software, Electronics and Systems Engineers to architect solutions to meet customer requirements.