Job Description F ield-programmable gate array ( FPGA) Engineers Full Time, 5 days in the Office Derby, Raynesway. Why Rolls-Royce? We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority. Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career. A 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. You will be encouraged to bring in fresh ideas and generate creative ways of working to make a stepped improvement in our effectiveness, allowing you to make an impact in delivering programmes that are strategically important to the nation. You will work within our safety critical FPGA development team across all phases of the design lifecycle from requirements elicitation through to equipment testing. The team uses agile SCRUM methods to develop high integrity FPGA based applications adopting the latest state-of-the-art toolsets. The applications you will be involved in are leading-edge solutions addressing the challenges of meeting the highest safety integrity requirements. Within the 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. Training will be provided where required to equip you with the skills necessary to develop requirements, architectures, designs, HDL code, associated tests and supporting infrastructure for applications essential for the protection and monitoring of a nuclear propulsion plant. We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.. What you’ll be doing : You will follow a safety critical development lifecycle to: Develop requirements, from equipment to implementation level, for FPGA based designs Develop and Verify VHDL code Support hardware-based testing of your designs Author and review design documentation You will liaise with Software, Hardware, Systems and Verification teams to ensure customer expectations are met effectively and efficiently You will contribute to the continuing improvement of the development processes and product quality Who we’re looking for: Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. Be qualified to Degree level (or equivalent experience) in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline Be experienced in designing and verifying designs expressed using VHDL Have the ability to provide clear, concise and accurate technical reports Experience of the following, whilst not essential, would be beneficial: Languages: SystemVerilog TCL Python Tools: Siemens - QuestaSim / ModelSim Siemens - Questa PropCheck Siemens - FormalPro Synopsys - Synplify Pro IBM® Engineering Requirements DOORS Azure DevOps Git Standards, Frameworks and Techniques Knowledge and experience of safety standards such as IEC 61513, IEC 62566, IEC 26262, DO‑254 UVM Constrained Random Testing Formal Verification Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. 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 already 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. Grade: NGS 7-10 For further information please contact: Norbert Ferto Job Category Software Systems Posting Date 02 Oct 2024; 00:10 Posting End Date 30 Dec 2024