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Principal Firmware Engineer (x2)

Location:             Edinburgh

Duration:             6 months

Rate:                   £51.32 per hour PAYE or £70 per hour Umbrella

As a Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer, you will create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You will be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using either VHDL or SystemVerilog and working to a structured firmware design process.

 Proven Ability / Key Skills

Creating innovative VHDL based FPGA designs
Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or SystemVerilog / UVM
Current FPGA technologies from either Xilinx, Altera or Microsemi and their tools
Model Driven Engineering tools including MATLAB and Simulink
High Speed Interface Design & Integration, including PCIe, DDR3, Ethernet
Analysing system level documents and deriving detailed Firmware requirements
Adopting a methodical approach to the full firmware design lifecycle, ideally working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar
Specifying complex timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route
De-bugging firmware designs and supporting system related verification and integration
Additional

Due to the sensitive nature of the project involved all applicants must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level