Senior FPGA Engineer

Morson Group; Wales; On-site; GBP 97,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to ensure developed products meet all requirements, with strong expertise in VHDL and FPGA toolchains. You will design, verify, and integrate FPGAs on target platforms, while maintaining clear documentation and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires prior experience across suppliers such as Altera, Xilinx and Microsemi, and a readiness to obtain SC security clearance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in capturing requirements and defining work packages.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to work independently with regular reporting to management.

Responsibilities

• Analyse requirements and document FPGA solution and work breakdown.
• Prepare architectural and detailed FPGA designs and documentation.
• Perform FPGA design, implementation and verification on target platform.
• Provide FPGA technical support and ensure integration on the platform.
• Contribute to FPGA development process improvements and reporting.

Skills

Strong communication

Self-motivated

Team collaboration

FPGA design methodology

Tools

VHDL

Simulation tools

FPGA synthesis tools

Job description

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

Responsibilities

The Senior FPGA Engineer is responsible for demonstrating that the developed product meets all specified product and customer requirements, by

• 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