FPGA Firmware Architect

4 weeks ago


Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom Ultra Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled FPGA Firmware Architect to join our team at Ultra. As a key member of our firmware engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing FPGA firmware for our Communication Systems Business Unit.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform requirements analysis and derive system-level requirements into firmware-level requirements and architecture.
  • Apply best practices to FPGA firmware design under the direction of the lead firmware engineer.
  • Implement FPGA firmware modules and ensure they adhere to project requirements and firmware group library policies.
  • Review and understand requirements to produce firmware test specifications, including module and full FPGA design test specifications.
  • Ensure test procedures and processes are compatible with the project and firmware groups continuous integration systems.
  • Undertake integration activities with software and hardware, requiring knowledge of both domains.
  • Propose improvements in tools, processes, and techniques to support quality and innovation.
  • Contribute to project aspects to achieve optimal balance between requirements, schedule, and cost.
  • Estimate time and effort required for firmware activities and deliver to these estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
  • Review technical proposals and assist with providing accurate estimates for associated effort, costs, and risks.

Requirements

  • Willing and able to obtain and maintain SC security clearance.
  • Willing and able to obtain and maintain DV security clearance.

Qualifications and Skills

  • Essential:
    • Degree in an engineering, mathematical, or science-based subject or equivalent experience.
    • Experience of FPGA module design and implementation.
    • Thorough experience of using Xilinx, Lattice, Altera, or Microsemi FPGAs and their associated development tool chains.
    • Experience of FPGA firmware testing, test tools, and design for test.
    • Ability to read, interpret, and understand hardware schematics.
    • Experience of version control, change control, and bug tracking tools and systems.
  • Desirable:
    • Experience of best practice firmware development processes and lifecycles.
    • Experience of continuous integration and automated test tools and frameworks.
    • Exposure to coding standards for defence, space, or air worthiness techniques and standards such as MISRA.
    • Experience of DOORS and Enterprise Architect.

Our Team

We trust and empower each other; we love to celebrate success and we win as a team. Together, we embrace change and we're never satisfied until we've done what we said we'd do.

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Notice

Candidates may need to obtain relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements.

Our Benefits

We offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:

  • Annual Bonus
  • Private Medical Cover
  • 25 days' holiday with the option to buy an extra 5
  • Pension Contribution
  • 4 x Life Assurance Cover
  • Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday
  • Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing, and more
  • Monthly Security Clearance Allowance - Subject to holding the required security clearance


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