FPGA Design Engineer

ARM; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in talent acquisition is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer for a 6-month contract based in Stevenage. The role involves designing, developing, and supporting key products throughout the lifecycle, requiring strong VHDL skills and proven experience with Xilinx and Altera devices. The ideal candidate will be an agile team player with knowledge of FPGA design tools, working in a collaborative environment. The position offers around £80 per hour, inside IR35.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of complex FPGA designs using Xilinx or Altera devices.
• Agile team player capable of working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Thorough understanding of FPGA design tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support key products through the product lifecycle.
• Define requirements and work with engineers to meet FPGA needs.
• Prepare and maintain design and test documentation.

Skills

VHDL skills

Verification skills (SystemVerilog)

Designing for Xilinx, Intel or Microsemi devices

Good verbal and written communication skills

Knowledge of FPGA design trends

Experience with design tools such as Xilinx EDK, Xilinx ISE, Vivado

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!

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