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Our Cyber business unit is at the forefront of pioneering advanced cryptographic and key management solutions, facilitating the confidential exchange of vital information for customers operating at both tactical and strategic echelons. Join our team to define, architect, design, develop, document and test FPGA firmware within the Communication Systems Business Unit, delivering multiple concurrent research, development and production programmes.
Responsible for / Key responsibilities
* Perform requirements analysis, requirements derivation from system level to firmware level requirements and architecture.
* Implement FPGA firmware modules and ensure that modules adhere to the project’s requirements and firmware group’s library policies for module reuse, coding standards, project development standards and security aspects.
* Review and understand requirements to produce firmware test specifications including module and full FPGA design test specifications.
* Ensure test procedures and processes are compatible with the project and firmware groups continuous integration systems.
* Proposes improvements in tools, processes and techniques that support quality and innovation and make the firmware development more efficient and effective.
* Contribute to customer facing meetings through document preparation, presentations and participation in meetings
* Review technical proposals, and assists with providing accurate estimates for the associated effort, costs and risks, for bids and proposals, leading to contract awards.
* Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual to ensure compliance with Government regulations.
Qualifications / skills required
Essential:
* Willing to obtain SC and DV clearance (British National)
* Experience of FPGA module design and implementation
* Thorough experience of using Xilinx, Lattice, Altera or Microsemi FPGAs and their associated development tool chains
* Experience of FPGA firmware testing, test tools and design for test
* Ability to read, interpret and understand hardware schematics
* Experience of version control, change control and bug tracking tools and systems
Desirable:
* Experience of/exposure to best practice firmware development processes/lifecycles
* Experience of/exposure to continuous integration and automated test tools and frameworks
* Exposure to coding standards for defence, space or air worthiness techniques and standards such as MISRA
* Experience of DOORS and Enterprise Architect