FPGA Engineer – Optical Systems – London  – LM1201

Salary / benefits: Competitive Salary + Package

Job Term: Permanent, Full Time, Onsite

Job Outline:

My client is now looking for experienced FPGA Engineer to work on the development of a high-speed network interface card. The engineer will work iteratively through a series of prototypes to ultimately deliver a production-grade solution. Responsibilities will include microarchitecture definition, implementation, and testing, as well as interfacing with software.

Responsibilities:

• Microarchitecture definition in collaboration with the broader team
• Preparing detailed technical documentation and presentations to stakeholders
• RTL Implementation, synthesis, timing closure
• Unit verification planning and simulation testing using SystemVerilog
• Delivering and validating FPGA-based lab setups for customer trials

Skills & Experience:

• Extensive hands-on industry experience of FPGA design for network applications at 100Gbps and above
• Experience using PCIe, CXL, RDMA, DDR4, bare metal use of high-speed transceivers, Ethernet, IP
• Comprehensive understanding of clock domain crossing techniques
• Strong knowledge of FPGA tool flows (synthesis, partitioning, place&route, timing analysis)
• Excellent skills in SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL
• Scripting and automation, such as TCL and Python
• Experience using Questa, ModelSim, GHDL, Verilator, cocotb
• Experience using Quartus/Vivado/Vitis
• Experience in PCIe driver development
• Experience with embedded systems, including soft processors (Nios/Microblaze/RISC V) and SoC programming
• Experience with high-performance FPGA devices: Intel Agilex 7 or Xilinx Versal Premium
• A humble attitude and good communication skills
• Ability to create an understanding of complex ideas, concepts and designs to a variety of audiences from multiple backgrounds
• Bachelor or Master degree in electronics engineering, physics, or other relevant fields or experience within the industry;

Additional Information:

Candidates MUST be eligible to work and live in the UK. Copies of Visa and Passport will be requested.

Skills: High Speed Digital, Transceiver, RF Signal Design, Analogue, Digital, FPGA, VHDL, Optical, Optoelectronics.