Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer

RE1055 GE Renewable Energy Technologies Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance provided

Job summary

GE Vernova is seeking a Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer to define requirements and enhance features for HVDC control & protection systems. You will work with engineers worldwide to meet product timelines, driving firmware and hardware development from concept to deliverables.

The role requires strong FPGA design experience, VHDL/Verilog expertise, and a track record in real-time control hardware. Collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams and thorough documentation are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical/electronic engineering.
• Minimum 5+ years FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
• Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx devices and design tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyse system requirements and define hardware functions.
• Strong knowledge of model based design (MATLAB Simulink, HDL coder, Xilinx System Generator).
• FPGA firmware development.
• Analogue and digital hardware design.
• Maintain legacy products and evolve hardware designs.
• Create and maintain manufacturing data packs.
• Write functional specifications for design.
• Write test specifications (Routine, Type, Test Harness).
• Participate in design reviews and ensure documentation meets company standards.

Skills

FPGA debugging

VHDL/Verilog

High-speed digital design

Real-time control systems

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree

Tools

Quartus II

Libero SoC

Xilinx design tools

Git/SVN

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer will be working to define requirements, enhance product features for an electronic design for world-class Control & Protection system in VSC and LCC systems, VBE, working together with engineers based in global locations. The role is accountable for business-critical design, development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in Hardware.
• Strong Knowledge and experience of Model Based Design (MAT LAB Simulink, HDL coder, Xilinx System Generator)
• FPGA Firmware development.
• Analogue and digital Hardware design.
• Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
• Contribution to creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.
• Writing functional specifications for design.
• Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test, Test Harness).
• Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
• Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.

Required Qualifications

• Degree or Higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience with 8+ years experience
• Minimum 5+ years' experience of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
• Strong all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components & principles.
• Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
• Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools (Quartus II, Libero SoC).
• Dynamic and proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
• Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.
• High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.
• Agile development practices e.g., Scrum
• Scripting experience using Perl, Python
• Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT
• Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA
• Power Electronics control system design.
• Knowledge of HVDC

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different...we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, \"GE\", in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. \"Ver\" / \"verde\" signal Earth's verdant and lush ecosystems. \"Nova,\" from the Latin \"novus,\" nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com