FPGA Design Engineer

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment consultancy in Stevenage seeks an experienced FPGA Design Engineer for a 6-month contract. You will design and develop key products, requiring VHDL and FPGA experience, particularly with Xilinx or Altera devices. The role demands UK SC clearance, paying circa £80 per hour Inside IR35, offering you a chance to work in a dynamic and fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Competent VHDL skills are required.
• Proven track record in FPGA designs using Xilinx or Altera devices.
• Thorough understanding of FPGA design tools is a must.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and prove key products throughout the product lifecycle.
• Define architecture and requirements with hardware and system engineers.
• Work on design implementation and testing.

Skills

VHDL skills

Verification skills (SystemVerilog)

Designing for Xilinx/Intel/Microsemi

Agile team player

Verbal and written communication skills

Complex FPGA designs

Tools

Xilinx EDK

Xilinx ISE

Vivado

ModelSim

Mentor Graphics HDL Designer

Precision Synthesis

Job description

FPGA Design Engineer

6-month contract

Based in Stevenage

Offering circa £80ph Inside IR35

Do you have experience using FPGA?

Are you an experienced design engineer?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the FPGA Design Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

Due to the nature of the work you will be involved in, you will be required to obtain UK SC clearance in this role.

What you will be involved in:

• You will be involved in the design, development, and proving of key products throughout the product lifecycle from concept to in-service support.
• Architecture and Requirement definition. Working with hardware and system engineers to define the FPGA needs.
• Design implementation and test.
• Prepare and efficiently maintain design and test documentation.
• Integration support. Working with systems, software, and hardware engineers to ensure product performance. It only works when it works together.

Skillset/experience required:

• Competent VHDL skills.
• Competent verification skills where SystemVerilog would be an advantage, but not mandated.
• Candidates will need to demonstrate a proven track record of designing for Xilinx, Intel or Microsemi devices and mastery of associated tool chains.
• An agile team player with good verbal and written communication skills capable of operating in a multi-disciplinary team
• Candidates will have completed a significant number of complex FPGA designs using Xilinx, and/or Altera FPGA devices (including SoC configurations using Power PC or ARM cores) and have knowledge of the trends in FPGA design and technology.
• A thorough understanding of the use of design tools such as Xilinx EDK, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx XST, Vivado, Mentor Graphics HDL Designer, Precision Synthesis, and ModelSim is also a Requirement.

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.