FPGA Engineer - Glasgow - Submarines
FPGA Engineer - Glasgow - Submarines
Apply locations Glasgow time type Full time posted on Posted 16 Days Ago job requisition id JR6135373
Job Description
Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) Engineer
Full Time
Glasgow
Why Rolls-Royce?
Our submarines business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. To sustain our capability and products for the next 50 years, we are engaged in an active programme of research and development into control system technologies of the future. We are also leading the development of industrial process control systems for a range of in-house advanced manufacturing techniques and chemical processes used to build our reactor cores and components.
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. 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.
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. Within the firmware team there are opportunities to develop your career in technical management, team leadership or as a technical specialist.
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
* Engaging in problem solving
* Demonstrating process adherence and solution correctness
* Engaging in continued improvement of our firmware development process
* Supporting process and technical audits
* Liaising with the Software, Systems and Electronics teams
* Managing 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
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.
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Job Category
Electrical and Electronics
Posting Date
24 Mar 2025; 00:03
Posting End Date
03 May 2025
Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.
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