FPGA Developer - Manchester/Guildford/Gloucester (Onsite)
£43k-£60k + Bonus & Car Allowance
All applicants must be eligible for SC clearance.
My client is a global leading defence contractor. They are looking for a FPGA Engineer to work as a DSP FPGA Developer in one of our customer-facing product teams. Relevant industry experience is preferable but most of all we are looking for bright, enthusiastic and committed individuals with a strong academic foundation and the ability to broaden knowledge across more than one domain.
What you will be doing (role duties and responsibilities):
- 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
We are looking for ambitious, high-calibre people with the following characteristics:
Essential:
- Ability to produce high-quality FPGA designs
- Understanding of FPGA and SoC architectures
- Highly motivated with a strong academic background typically in Engineering, Physics or Mathematics with a 2:1 or 1st class degree. PhD applicants also encouraged.
- Proven problem-solving skills
- Broad interest in wireless technology, embedded systems and awareness of latest industry developments.
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.