FPGA Engineer

Senior FPGA/CPLD Engineer - Greenford or Weymouth - Hybrid
We are on the hunt for a Senior FPGA/CPLD Engineer with a wealth of experience in working with legacy CPLD design entry on bespoke PCB's with a view to moving in the long term to a more modern FPGA based system.
Key Responsibilities:

• Interpretation of legacy system requirements, ability to transcribe legacy architecture and flow down into firmware requirements


• Ensure that the technical solutions meet the customer, legislative and business requirements


• Produce project technical documentation in line with project requirements including:
  
  
  
  • Management Plans
  
  
  • Requirements Specifications
  
  
  • Design Documents
  
  
  • Interface Specifications
  
  
  • Acceptance Tests
  
  
  • Design change requests
  
  
  
  


• Opportunity to act as Project Engineering Lead (PEL) and/or Work Package Manager (WPM) on one or more projects

Experience and Skills:

• Experience across the whole project lifecycle as firmware engineer, from bids and proposals through to in-service support (ideally from within the defence sector)


• Hands-on experience of designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines and understanding of associated challenges and pitfalls


• Used to dealing with a wide range of stakeholders beyond Electronics domain (i.e.
  
  Project Management, Systems, Mechanical and Software Engineering) as part of multi-disciplinary project team to resolve issues that arise during the lifespan of a project

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a relevant subject, additionally Chartered status or Professional Registration is desirable


• Had exposure to any of the following:
  
  
  
  • Development of Analog and digital technologies
  
  
  • Design for EMC, Electrical Safety & Signal Integrity of firmware, schematic or PCB layout
  
  
  • Firmware development
  
  
  • Familiarity with one or more PMRP and ECAD tools
  
  
  • Design for manufacture, understanding of full project life cycle
  
  
  • Prototyping, test and verification of electronic subsystems (Hardware/Firmware), unit and sub-system level
  
  
  
  


• Use of standard office tools and knowledge of engineering tools such as DOORS, ERPs and other Configuration Management tools


• The Candidate must be eligible for SC clearance.