FPGA Engineer
- Employer
- Sanderson Government & Defence
- Location
- Worcestershire
- Salary
- £350 - £425 per day
- Closing date
- 21 Mar 2019
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- Clearance Level
- DV, SC, BPSS, None / Undisclosed
- Sector
- Engineering, Information Technology, Security
- Job Type
- Contract
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Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible to Project Design Authority for all firmware related activities
- Plans/structures work effectively, including breaking down problems into manageable work packages
- Ability to accurately cost work and manage risk
- Produces written documentation (including presentation material) of technical work in accordance with Project requirements
Challenges:
- Rapid learning of current military-specific and civil secure technologies in support of research and products
- Innovation in the application/integration of digital hardware technologies to build novel secure systems
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
- Ability to write and debug VHDL
- Experience designing and implementing complex firmware solutions in CPLD and FPGA using ModelSim, Synplify, ISE
- Experience of design and implementation of high-speed of digital processing solutions and systems in FPGA e.g. system-on-chip, embedded processors, high speed interfaces
- Experience of working in a rigorous engineering environment using configuration management and change management processes/tools
- Ability to prepare and undertake test and verification of FPGA/ASIC
- Good degree in electronics, electrical engineering or similar
- Good verbal and written Technical English communications skills
Desirable Experience:
- Experience of GNSS, Galileo security chain and/or PRS receivers
- Knowledge of RF and radio signal performance/propagation issues
- Knowledge/experience and knowledge of crypto security design including crypto algorithms, anti-tamper technologies etc.
- Experience of specifying, designing, verifying and testing ASICs
- Ability to engineer software to support system development/testing in appropriate languages including C++, C and assembly language
- Experience using Mentor Graphics DxDesigner and Expedition PCB
- Experience of using DOORS
- Ability to use supporting tools such as Matlab for solution modelling and verification
Essential Personal Qualities:
- Innovative
- Self-starter, shows initiative
- Offers solutions to problems
- Enthusiastic team player
- Driven to deliver great results
- Strong risk awareness
- Quality conscious
- Able to follow processes and procedures
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