Senior Firmware Engineer

QuEST Global is a pure play engineering solutionscompany with a proven track record that serves the productlifecycle needs of high technology companies. A pioneer in offshoreproduct development engineering, QuEST Global is one of the largestengineering service providers that cater to diversified verticals.With its local-global model, QuEST Global combines physicalproximity to the customer providing domain knowledge and ease ofinteraction; along with delivery from low cost locations that alsoprovides easy resource ramp-up.We have vacancies for Senior /Principal FPGA engineers to provide services to one of our major UKclients.Role Overview: The Senior / Principal FPGA engineer wouldbe responsible for design and development of FPGA designs usingVHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog.JobResponsibilities:The FPGA engineer would work closely with Systems,Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGA solutions and solveintegration problems on complex systems.Creating innovative androbust VHDL-based designsDocumenting and recordingdeliverablesVerifying FPGA designsEnsuring configurationmanagement/keeping designs under revision controlProviding progressreportsSkills, Qualifications and Experience required:MandatoryAtleast 5 years’ experience of developing FPGA using VHDL orVerilogExperienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development toolsincluding HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and PrecisionFamiliarwith Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE,Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis toolsExperience inspecifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place andRoute.Ability to analyse system and / or hardware levelrequirements and derive detailed FPGA requirementsIndependentverification using VHDLExperience of FPGA requirements capture andrequirements management toolsDe-bugging FPGA designs and supportingintegration & verification at hardwareand system levelA goodunderstanding of FPGA version control and revision controlsoftwareExperience of making technical decisions and mitigatingtechnical risk for FPGA design activities.Experience withHigh-Speed Serial protocols and implementationsAbility tocoordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely withthe Project Engineering Lead / Lead FPGA engineer & otherdisciplinesExcellent communication (oral & written) &interpersonal skillsLinux and scripting experienceExperience inwriting technical reports/ documentationDesirableDevelopment ofreal-time, embedded, safety-critical FPGA, preferably in accordancewith RTCA/DO-254 DAL A or BIndependent verification usingSystemVerilog / UVMRelevant experience in the Aerospace or DefenceindustryExperience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in FPGAdesignsFamiliarity with latest FPGA device familiesPracticalexperience with agile methodologyQualificationsHonours degree orequivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-basedsubjectUK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear thebackground checks and obtain SC clearanceCurrent valid SC clearancewould be an advantage