Senior FPGA/CPLD Engineer : Greenford or Weymouth : Hybrid
We are on the hunt for a Senior FPGA/CPLD Engineer with a wealth of experience in working with legacy CPLD design entry on bespoke PCBs with a view to moving in the long term to a more modern FPGA based system.
Key Responsibilities:
* Interpretation of legacy system requirements, ability to transcribe legacy architecture and flow down into firmware requirements
* Ensure that the technical solutions meet the customer, legislative and business requirements
* Produce project technical documentation in line with project requirements including:
* Management Plans
* Requirements Specifications
* Design Documents
* Interface Specifications
* Acceptance Tests
* Design change requests
* Opportunity to act as Project Engineering Lead (PEL) and/or Work Package Manager (WPM) on one or more projects
Experience and Skills:
* Experience across the whole project lifecycle as firmware engineer, from bids and proposals through to in:service support (ideally from within the defence sector)
* Hands:on experience of designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines and understanding of associated challenges and pitfalls
* Used to dealing with a wide range of stakeholders beyond Electronics domain (i.e. Project Management, Systems, Mechanical and Software Engineering) as part of multi:disciplinary project team to resolve issues that arise during the lifespan of a project
* Bachelors Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a relevant subject, additionally Chartered status or Professional Registration is desirable
* Had exposure to any of the following:
* Development of Analog and digital technologies
* Design for EMC, Electrical Safety and Signal Integrity of firmware, schematic or PCB layout
* Firmware development
* Familiarity with one or more PMRP and ECAD tools
* Design for manufacture, understanding of full project life cycle
* Prototyping, test and verification of electronic subsystems (Hardware/Firmware), unit and sub:system level
* Use of standard office tools and knowledge of engineering tools such as DOORS, ERPs and other Configuration Management tools
* The Candidate must be eligible for SC clearance.