FPGA Design Engineer in Romsey, Hampshire

A leading defence client of ours based in Romsey is looking for an FPGA Design Engineer on a contract basis. The candidate is to have 10 or more years of experience in the DSP algorithm development and FPGA system design & development for projects using VHDL, preferably on Xilinx Zynq.

The FPGA Design Engineer will be responsible to:

* Undertake engineering design and development activities on time, on budget and in quality.
* Provide timely and accurate estimates of effort to completion, assessing complexity, and identifying risks.
* Engage with other technical experts.
* Provide technical support to the Technical Lead (e.g., risk management, input to customer meetings).
* Proactively communicate and collaborate with each of the stakeholder, within or outside the project team.
* Comply with the internal design and development processes as directed by the Technical Lead of the project.
* Apply industry best practice for source code control, build, test/troubleshooting (debugging/fault finding), and distribution.

Skills required:

Essential Skills:
* Must have ACTIVE DV (Developed Vetting) Clearance
* Expertise in DSP algorithm modelling for RF systems
* Expertise of FPGA design to control ADC/DAC
* Expertise in interfacing FPGA with high-speed digital data
* Expertise of Embedded C/C++

Desirable Knowledge:
* Knowledge of radio systems
* Knowledge of one or more defence disciplines, such as Electronic Warfare, Signals Intelligence, Radar, or GNSS.
* Experience of Python in the use of test scripts and/or post-data processing
* OpenCPI open-source software framework

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.