Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer responsible for defining hardware functions, developing and debugging FPGA firmware, designing analog and digital hardware, and maintaining legacy control and protection products. The role requires Model-Based Design, VHDL or Verilog, FPGA tools, high-speed digital design, PCB layout, real-time control hardware, testing, documentation, and collaboration with multidisciplinary global engineering teams supporting HVDC projects.
Job Description SummaryThe Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer will be working to define requirements, enhance product features for an electronic design for world-class Control & Protection system in VSC and LCC systems, VBE, working together with engineers based in global locations.
The role is accountable for business-critical design, development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.Job Description
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The role is accountable for business-critical design, development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in Hardware.
- Strong Knowledge and experience of Model Based Design (MAT LAB Simulink, HDL coder, Xilinx System Generator)
- FPGA Firmware development.
- Analogue and digital Hardware design.
- Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
- Contribution to creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.
- Writing functional specifications for design.
- Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test, Test Harness).
- Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
- Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.
Required Qualifications:
- Degree or Higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Model Based Design.
- Minimum 10+ years' experience of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
- Strong all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components & principles.
- Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
- Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools (Quartus II, Libero SoC).
- Dynamic and proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
- Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.
- High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications
- High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.
- Agile development practices e.g., Scrum
- Scripting experience using Perl, Python
- Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT
- Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA
- Power Electronics control system design.
- Knowledge of HVDC.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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