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Lead FPGA Engineer

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3 weeks ago
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Our Client, a global leader in the defence industry has an exciting opportunity for a Lead FPGA design Engineer / Manager.

Role Overview:

The Lead FPGA Engineer would be responsible the success of the engineering activities within an Integrated FPGA Product Team or one of the products within an FPGA Product Line.

Job Responsibilities:

The Lead FPGA Engineer is responsible for defining and leading the Work Packages for the team members on a day-to-day basis. Assignment of the work packages would happen in consultation with the Project Engineering Manager. You would be responsible for providing your team with clear expectations of the engineering outcomes, ensuring that they operate consistently within the Policies & Procedures and to foster the improvement goals defined by the Engineering Function.

Specific responsibilities:

Lead the Engineering aspects of the FPGA Project or Product Line 
Manage an FPGA Engineering Team to deliver the project outcomes
Ensure that the outcomes for success are clearly defined and well communicated
Ensure that the FPGA Engineering activities are well planned, costed and scheduled with the Project Planning and Project Management Community.
Ensure that the FPGA Engineering team has a well-documented Engineering Plan and that the plan is followed
Report on progress of the Engineering plan as needed
Ensure the FPGA Engineering team follows an effectively tailored Life Cycle Management Process, leading the Design Reviews.
Oversee the completion of the project outcomes to quality, cost and schedule ensuring that the project performance is accurately reported throughout
Maintain an effective dialogue with the Project Engineering Manager and PM, reporting status and risks to the project throughout
Work closely with the FPGA & Systems Design Authorities ensuring they are fully informed on technical progress and technical risks, requesting support as required
Support the Project Engineering Manager for engineering reviews and team briefs
Support the team with day-to-day technical queries and hands-on troubleshooting 

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Mandatory

Proven experience in FPGA engineering management and delivery of projects
Engineering or scientific Degree qualification (or equivalent)
Excellent communicator and able to provide clear direction to FPGA teams
Ability to manage complex situations with sound judgement and the ability to balance conflicting challenges
Commercial and business awareness
Experience of working across the full life cycle
Familiarity with latest FPGA device families and verification methodologies
Proven expertise of developing FPGA using VHDL or Verilog
Experienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision
Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools
Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.
Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements
Independent verification using VHDL
Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools
De-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level
A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software
Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities.
Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations
Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities
Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
Linux and scripting experience
Practical experience with agile methodology
Experience in writing technical reports/documentation 

Desirable

Development of real-time, embedded, safety-critical FPGA, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL A/B or below
Electronic Warfare or RF Systems Experience
Defence domain experience or relevant experience in the Aerospace industry
Development and certification of airborne equipment
New Product Introduction experience
Independent verification using SystemVerilog / UVM
Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in FPGA designs 

Qualifications

Honours degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subject 

Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage

Due to the security requirements this role is open to SOLE UK NATIONALS ONLY

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