FPGA/Firmware Engineer - Defence- 12 months+ Luton/Bristol/Basildon - £60-£70 per hour inside IR35

A leading Defence organisation are seeking multiple FPGA Engineer to create advanced solutions for Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) programs, helping to protect personnel from threats like Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in both military and civilian environments.

Essential:

Using FPGA technologies especially from either Xilinx, Microsemi (Actel) or Lattice and their tools
Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or System Verilog / UVM
Specifying complex timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route
Ability to analyse system level requirements and derive detailed Firmware requirements
A methodical approach to the full firmware design lifecycle, working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO-254 or similar
Experience of working on safety related firmware to IEC 61508 would be advantageous.
De-bugging firmware designs and supporting verification and integration at hardware and system level alongside Software and Hardware Engineers.
Making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for Firmware design activities
Ability to communicate effectively across different disciplines both verbally and in written form
Familiarity with Siemens EDA FPGA development tools including HDL Designer and ModelSim / Questa is an advantage.
Engineering experience with radio systems and software defined radio or signal processing an advantage
Experience of mentoring more junior members of the team

Desirable:

Awareness of Safety, Security and other legislative constraints
Domain experience in Electronics Warfare and Electronics Countermeasure.

SC clearance is essential to start in this position but a lapsed clearance or an exceptional candidate will be considered.

Keystream Group Limited

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