Digital Hardware Architect

Copello is a leading company in the Electronic Warfare industry, and we are seeking a highly skilled Digital Hardware Architect to join our team in Buckinghamshire. This is a remote-friendly role with occasional on-site work required.

We are looking for a talented Senior Firmware Design Engineer to lead the design, development and test of new and existing FPGA firmware products for Electronic Warfare (EW) training pods. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing production FPGA firmware, ideally for Software Defined Radio, EW, communications or surveillance systems for an airborne environment.

• Designing, developing and testing high-speed firmware components
• Peer reviewing firmware and producing documentation to support it
• Assisting in estimating, planning and progress reporting
• Providing support to the project and systems teams

The successful candidate will have:

• Familiarity with FPGA design tools such as Xilinx (AMD) Vivado and Microsemi Libero
• Proficiency in VHDL language and scripting language Tcl
• Experience of designing digital processing components and algorithms in Matlab/Simulink design for HDL coder and targeting FPGA devices
• Experience of implementing efficient resource and time-critical firmware on latest technology ultra-large FPGA and SoC FPGA devices with multi-ARM processors

We offer a competitive salary of £80,000 - £100,000 per annum, depending on experience, as well as opportunities for career growth and professional development.