Firmware Engineer - Guildford or Gloucester (Onsite)
£43k-£60k + Bonus & Car Allowance
All applicants must be eligible for SC clearance and a sole British national (due to security clearance reasons).
My client is a global leading defence contractor. They are looking for a Firmware Engineer to...
* Design and develop state-of-the-art FPGA designs for one of our software defined radio (SDR) solutions.
* Design and test Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms using MATLAB or similar
* Managing technical tasks/projects and people
* Be involved in customer-facing delivery, sometimes to challenging deadlines.
* Customer-facing technical consultancy
* Have a strong interest in expanding technical knowledge both in areas of core expertise and more generally.
* Work towards gaining the experience required to take technical lead roles.
* Mentoring and coaching junior colleagues
We are looking for ambitious, high-calibre people with the following characteristics:
Essential:
* Highly motivated with a strong academic background typically in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics with a 2:1 or 1st class degree. A Levels typically AA in Maths and Physics. PhD applicants also encouraged.
* Proven problem-solving skills
* Broad interest in wireless technology, embedded systems and awareness of latest industry developments.
* Ability to multi-task and stay organised in a dynamic work environment
* Excellent team working abilities
* Ability to learn quickly
* Ability to produce high-quality FPGA designs
* Understanding of FPGA and SoC architectures
Desirable:
* 1+ year experience of FPGA development (eg VHDL).
* Understanding of radio communications
* Understanding of digital signal processing
* Development on Linux based systems
* Range of software development experience including MATLAB, C++, Python
* Understanding of digital and/or analogue hardware design with some hands-on laboratory experience of debug/set-to-work.