Senior/Principle Firmware Engineers - Perm

QuEST Global Engineering Limited ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Salary: £47000 to 67000 DOE - Matched Pension upto 8% + Life assurance

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Quest Global are hiring Senior/ Principal Firmware Engineers to provide services to one of our major UK clients. These are Permanent roles in Edinburgh. Role Overview: The Senior/ Principal firmware engineer would be responsible for design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog. Job Responsibilities: The firmware engineer would work closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide firmware solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems. · Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs · Documenting and recording deliverables · Verifying firmware designs · Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control · Providing progress reports Skills, Qualifications and Experience required: Mandatory · Degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering or another STEM-based subject · Extensive experience of developing firmware using VHDL or Verilog · Experienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision · Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) ISE design flow and third-party synthesis tools Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed Firmware requirements De-bugging firmware designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level · A good understanding of firmware version control and revision control software · Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / Lead firmware engineer & other disciplines · Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation Desirable · Development of real-time, embedded, safety-critical firmware, preferably in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL A or B · Experience of firmware requirements capture and requirements management tools · Relevant experience in the Aerospace or Defence industry · Experience of embedded processor cores (e.g. ARM) in FPGA designs · Independent verification using VHDL or SystemVerilog / UVM Qualifications · 2:1 honours degree or better in Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics The role will be based at our customer’s site in Edinburgh with some travel between this and other customer and/ or QuEST sites in the UK. Depending on the customer’s requirements, the individual could find themselves working on a variety of defence-related projects, particularly in the airborne environment. Excellent benefits package for Permanent engineers include: Pension, Life assurance and re-location package where applicable. DISCLAIMER: Due to the nature of work candidates should be UK citizen - Valid work permit holder and MUST either hold valid SC clearance or are able to obtain it. If you think you are suitable for this role please apply via the link or visit our website https://www.quest-global.com In this current climate, we are holding Telephone and Video interviews in preparation for hire in the coming months. QuEST Global is an engineering solutions company with a proven track record of serving the product lifecycle needs of high technology companies. A pioneer in offshore product development engineering, QuEST Global is one of the largest engineering service providers catering to diversified industries such as Aerospace, Defence, Rail, Automotive, Space and Oil and Gas, with electronics, software and mechanical engineering solutions. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89937574

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