FPGA FIRMWARE ENGINEER
- 6 months
- Site working in Basildon
- SC clearance required
- Inside IR35
- £65.00 per hour to £76.00 per hour

This is an exciting opportunity to develop state of the art solutions for Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) programmes.

Key Responsibility Areas
* Firmware requirements capture and management;
* FPGA design and analysis;
* Production of documentation for other engineers and evidence for design reviews;
* Development of FPGA test and FPGA integration plans;
* Perform system integration work with PCB designers and Embedded software engineers
* Support all firmware designs through the company firmware process - training will be given
* Modification of existing firmware designs and test benches

Desirable Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge:
* Using FPGA technologies especially from either Xilinx, Microsemi (Actel) or Lattice and their tools
* Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or System Verilog/UVM
* Specifying complex timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route
* Ability to analyse system level requirements and derive detailed Firmware requirements
* A methodical approach to the full firmware design life cycle, working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar
* Experience of working on safety related firmware to IEC 61508 would be advantageous.
* De-bugging firmware designs and supporting verification and integration at hardware and system level alongside Software and Hardware Engineers.
* Making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for Firmware design activities
* Ability to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written form
* Familiarity with Siemens EDA FPGA development tools including HDL Designer and ModelSim/Questa is an advantage.
* Engineering experience with radio systems and software defined radio or signal processing an advantage

It would be nice if you had:
* Awareness of Safety, Security and other legislative constraints
* Domain experience in Electronics Warfare and Electronics Countermeasures

To be considered, please send through an updated CV.

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

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