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Senior / principal firmware engineer

Edinburgh
Holt Executive Recruitment
Firmware engineer
Posted: 21h ago
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Senior / Principal Firmware EngineerOur client, a global leader in the Defence Industry is looking for a Senior / Principal Firmware Engineer working on avionics systems.Role Overview: The Senior / Principal firmware engineer would be responsible for design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog.Job Responsibilities:The firmware engineer would work closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide firmware solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems.
* Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs
* Documenting and recording deliverables
* Verifying firmware designs
* Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control
* Providing progress reports
Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:Mandatory
* Proven expertise of developing firmware using VHDL or Verilog
* Experienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision
* Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools
* Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.
* Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed Firmware requirements
* Independent verification using VHDL
* Experience of firmware requirements capture and requirements management tools
* De-bugging firmware designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level
* A good understanding of firmware version control and revision control software
* Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for Firmware design activities.
* Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations
* Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / Lead firmware engineer & other disciplines
* Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
* Linux and scripting experience
* Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation
Desirable
* Development of real-time, embedded, safety-critical firmware, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL D
* Independent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM
* Relevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry
* Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in FPGA designs
* Familiarity with latest FPGA device families
Qualifications
* Honours degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subject
This role could be based in Luton or EdinburghDue to security requirements this role is open to SOLE UK NATIONALS ONLY

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