Lead Firmware Engineer in Basildon, Essex

Lead Firmware Engineer

Basildon

6-Month Contract

Paying up to £88p/h (Inside IR35)

Key Responsibilities

• Firmware requirements capture and management.
• FPGA design and analysis.
• Production of documentation for other engineers and evidence for design reviews.
• Development of FPGA test andFPGA integrationplans.
• Performsystem integrationwork with PCB designers and embedded software engineers.
• Support all firmware designs through the company firmware process - training will be given.
• Modification of existing firmware designs and test benches.
• Making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk forFirmware designactivities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Using FPGA technologies especially from either Xilinx, Microsemi (Actel) or Lattice and their tools.
• Advancedverification techniquesusing eitherVHDLorSystem 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 fullfirmware designlifecycle, 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.
• Debugging firmware designs and supporting verification and integration at hardware and system level alongside Software and Hardware Engineers
• Familiarity with Siemens EDA, FPGA development tools, including HDL Designer and ModelSim / Questa, is an advantage.