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Firmware Engineers

Employer
QuEST Global Engineering
Location
Edinburgh / Remote working available
Salary
£400 to £450/day
Closing date
30 Jul 2021

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Clearance Level
DV, SC
Sector
Defence, Engineering, Information Technology
Job Type
Contract

Quest are looking for a number of Firmware Engineers - we can take contractors or permanent people for these.

Some roles will be on site and some can be remote working from home, depending on the project.

The firmware engineers 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
  • Familiarity with  one of the following: Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) ISE design flow and third-party synthesis tools
  • Analyse firmware requirements and develop HDL code to satisfy the requirements
  • Debugging of firmware designs and supporting integration and test at hardware level
  • Familiarity with firmware version control and revision control software
  • Ability to manage own tasks and technical activities under supervision of Senior / Principal firmware engineer
  • Good communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
  • Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation

Desirable

  • Familiarity with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision
  • Experience of firmware requirements capture and requirements management tools
  • Relevant experience in the Aerospace/Defence industry or on other complex / high-reliability systems

Due to security requirements these posts are open to SOLE UK NATIONALS ONLY

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