FPGA Designer

Cirrus Selection; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scientific engineering and manufacturing firm is seeking an experienced FPGA Designer based in Stevenage. This exciting role involves developing complex FPGA platforms for a growing portfolio of projects. The successful candidate will have significant input across all phases of FPGA design and will benefit from a collaborative and innovative working environment.

Benefits

State of the art technology & innovation

External learning and development encouraged

Light and airy university-type campus

Friendly environment

On-site facilities including restaurant and medical centre

Qualifications

• Experience in generating complex FPGA architectures and design implementations.
• Proficient in VHDL and System Verilog.
• Familiarity with using FPGA design toolsets.

Responsibilities

• Involved in the development of complex FPGA platforms.
• Responsible for all phases of the FPGA design life cycle.
• Interact with multidiscipline design teams.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

System Verilog

C programming

Complex FPGA architectures

Education

Degree level education or equivalent qualification

Tools

QuestaSim

ModelSim

Job description

Location: Stevenage

Salary: Up to £70,000 dependent on experience

Hours: 37 hours per week

Do you want to join a business, who value inclusivity, a three-time gold investor in people award winner, an advocate of supporting women in engineering and developing their people to be the best they can be?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced FPGA Designerto join an ambitious, highly regarded, scientific engineering / manufacturing business that are in a position of sustained growth.

As an experienced FPGA Designer, you will be involved in the development of a growing portfolio of complex FPGA platforms. The portfolio ranges from advanced signal processing systems (ImageRadio), core embedded processing systems, through to safety and security critical systems.

Your role will involve all phases of the FPGA design life cycle, from requirement inception through to a validated design. This offers a great opportunity to strongly influence the design, push the use of latest technologies and interact with the wider multidiscipline design teams.

Benefits of working here:

• State of the art technology & innovation
• External learning and development encouraged
• Light and airy university type campus
• Friendly environment
  • Restaurant, On site Medical Centre, Parking / Easy Access to train station, Coffee Shops & Onsite Shop, Sports & Social Club and More

Skills Required:

• Ideally educated to degree level (or equivalent qualification) with experience in the majority of the following areas:
• Generating complex FPGA architectures and design implementations (VHDL, Simulink etc), targeting Xilinx, Intel, Microsemi devices
• Verifying complex FPGA implementations using VHDL and System VerilogUVM test-bench methodologies
• Using FPGA design toolsets and Mentor verification tools (QuestaSim & ModelSim)
• Generating low-level software (C) to facilitate FPGA test and integration with the wider embedded system, along with the ability to Configure and Document designs to a high professional standard

You will need to obtain UK Security Clearance for this role. This will require you to either be a UK Citizen or UK Dual Citizen. Some restrictions may apply.

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