Senior FPGA Design Engineer – Secure Digital Solutions

Viasat; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat UK is seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer to join a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team. You will drive the FPGA solution from requirements through design and into production, delivering secure, high-performance programmable logic and embedded firmware solutions.

The role requires hands-on development, architectural definition and collaboration with suppliers, with opportunities to support proposals and technology roadmaps. UK SC clearance may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience taking FPGA designs through the complete development life cycle.
• Strong skills in FPGA development (design and verification) using VHDL.
• Ability to optimize designs for performance and power dissipation.
• Experience performing integration/debug of FPGA solutions in hardware.
• Experience using configuration management systems for code control.
• Experience developing HDL solutions for Microchip devices and using Libero for design synthesis.
• Experience verifying HDL solutions using Modelsim/Questasim (UVM experience would be beneficial).
• Requirement's analysis, capture and management using DOORs.
• Knowledge of PCIe NVMe and implementation in FPGA.
• Use of Xilinx or Altera devices and toolsets.
• Experience in the definition and use of 3rd party IP.
• Design for security.
• Embedded firmware design (C/C++/assembler).
• Cryptographic standards and algorithms.
• Good knowledge of the integration of FPGAs in hardware platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of the FPGA solution from requirements through development and into production from a technical and project perspective.
• Lead the elicitation of requirements to define the FPGA implementation.
• Define the FPGA architecture in collaboration with the development team.
• Define project plan with Project Manager and ensure delivery against the plan.
• May co-ordinate other FPGA design Engineers on a particular design.
• Interface with external FPGA and IP suppliers.
• Test bench development and test in the system.
• May support proposal generation and estimation and creation of white papers.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Embedded firmware design

C/C++/Assembler

Hardware integration testing

Tools

Libero

Modelsim/Questasim

DOORs

Job description

Viasat UK is seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer to join a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team. You will drive the FPGA solution from requirements through design and into production, delivering secure, high-performance programmable logic and embedded firmware solutions.

The role requires hands-on development, architectural definition and collaboration with suppliers, with opportunities to support proposals and technology roadmaps. UK SC clearance may be required.