Senior FPGA Engineer

Morson Edge; Newport; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced FPGA engineer to lead requirements analysis, define the FPGA solution, and drive design and verification activities.

You will manage FPGA development across Altera, Microsemi, and Xilinx devices, prepare architecture and detailed designs, and provide technical leadership while pursuing SC security clearance.

Qualifications

• Must be proficient in VHDL and at least one simulation tool.
• Must be proficient in at least one FPGA synthesis tool.
• Strong in requirements capture and work package estimation.
• Self-motivated, articulate with good verbal and written communication.
• Good team working skills and FPGA development process knowledge.
• Experienced engineer able to work independently with regular reporting.
• Recent design experience on Altera, Microsemi and Xilinx devices.
• Willing to obtain and maintain SC security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing requirements, specifying and documenting the FPGA solution and work breakdown.
• Preparing FPGA architectural and detailed designs and documentation.
• FPGA design generation and implementation.
• FPGA design verification.
• Integration of FPGAs onto the target platform.
• Providing FPGA technical support.
• Controlling and reviewing work of the team when applicable.
• Supporting the company FPGA development process and procedure updates.

Skills

VHDL

Simulation tools

FPGA synthesis tools

Requirements capture & estimation

Communication skills

Team working

FPGA development process

Independent work

Experience with Altera/Microsemi/Xilin

Tools

Altera Quartus II

Mentor ModelSim

MicroSemi Libero IDE

Microsemi Libero SoC

Xilinx Vivado

Job description

Up To £85 Per Hour Umbrella / Up To £63.54 Per Hour PAYE

Responsibilities

• analysing requirements, specifying and documenting the FPGA solution and work breakdown
• preparing FPGA architectural and detailed designs and documentation
• FPGA design generation and implementation
• FPGA design verification
• integration of FPGAs onto the target platform
• providing FPGA technical support
• controlling and reviewing work of the members of their team (where a team exists)
• supporting the company FPGA development process and procedure updates

Skill Set

Essential

• Must be proficient in the use of VHDL
• Must be proficient in the use of at least one simulation tool
• Must be proficient in the use of at least one FPGA synthesis tool
• Must have a good understanding of requirements capture, and of work package definition and estimation
• Must be highly self-motivated, articulate, with good verbal and written communications skills
• Must have good team working skills
• Must have excellent FPGA development process knowledge
• Must be an experienced engineer, fully versed in design methodologies for their field able to work on their own, but providing regular reporting
• Must have recent design experience of devices from the following suppliers:
  • Altera
  • Microsemi
  • Xilinx
• Candidate must be willing and able to obtain, and maintain, SC security clearance.

Desirable

• Desirable to have recent experience of using several of the following tools/development environments:
  • Altera Quartus II
  • Mentor ModelSim
  • MicroSemi Libero IDE
  • Microsemi Libero SoC
  • Xilinx Vivado