FPGA Engineer - Glasgow - Submarines
FPGA Engineer - Glasgow - Submarines
Apply locations Glasgow time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id JR6132271
Job Description
Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) Engineer
Full Time
Glasgow
An exciting role has become available for FPGA Engineer in Glasgow. This role within Submarines will offer you the opportunity to work across all phases of the product life cycle, solving technical challenges across a wide range of digital, software, programmable hardware and electronics technologies, systems, and applications. You will be able to build the career you desire as an engineer, technical specialist, or technical leader. We want you to maximise your potential and will support your technical development through coaching, experience, and training. This will include professional mentoring to start your journey towards becoming a chartered engineer or to continue your professional development.
More about The Role:
You will work within our safety critical firmware development team across all design phases of the firmware lifecycle. The team uses agile SCRUM methods to develop high integrity firmware applications adopting the latest state-of-the-art toolsets. Training will be provided where required to equip you with the skills necessary to develop requirements, architectures, designs and HDL code for controls firmware applications essential for the protection and monitoring of nuclear propulsion plant.
In addition, you will be engaged in the development of bespoke software toolsets in support of the deliverable equipment firmware. The applications you will be involved in are leading-edge solutions addressing the challenges of meeting the highest safety integrity requirements. Within the firmware team there are opportunities to develop your career in technical management, team leadership or as a technical specialist. The team offers the opportunity to become an expert in the use of state-of-the-art toolsets.
What you will be doing:
You will follow a DevOps-based firmware development lifecycle to deliver customer requirements by:
* Developing high-level firmware requirements using DOORS
* Creating architectural designs
* Defining low level requirements and detailed designs
* Writing VHDL and Verilog HDL code using Sigasi Studio
* Simulating HDL designs at unit, integration and system level using Mentor Graphics QuestaSIM
* Undertaking synthesis, place and route and static timing analysis using Synopsis Synplify, targeting Xilinx FPGAs
* Developing Python scripts for process automation
* Operating continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) toolsets
* Managing change control and configuration management using GIT
* You will be engaged in problem solving
* You will be required to demonstrate process adherence and solution correctness
* You will be expected to engage in continued improvement of our firmware development process, for cost and timescale reduction and quality improvement
* You will support process and technical audits
* You will liaise with the Software, Systems and Electronics teams
* You will manage suppliers, including scoping packages of work and reviewing their deliveries
Who we are looking for:
To be successful in this role you will need to:
* Qualified to Degree, or HND level: In Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline
* Self-motivated and enthusiastic to become familiar with new techniques and tools
* Experienced and talented programmable hardware engineer
* Experienced in digital electronics design
* Experienced in programmable logic device design
* Experienced in real-time systems
* Awareness of safety-critical development constraints (e.g. IEC62566)
Behavioural Competencies
* Customer focus
* Priority setting
* Interpersonal and communication skills
* Conflict management
* Timely decision making
* Planning and organising own and others’ work
* Dealing with ambiguity
You can learn more about our global inclusion strategy at careers.rolls-royce.com
To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.
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