Lead Firmware Engineer - Edinburgh

QuEST Global Engineering Limited ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Salary: £66000 to 70000 DOE + Pension matched upto 8% + Life assurance

Overview

Post Covid Permanent positions with QuEST Global within the UK Defence sector. QuEST are actively recruiting Engineers to join our business for when we reopen our co-located office in Edinburgh. We have a Permanent vacancy for a Lead Firmware engineer to provide services to one of our major UK clients. You will be responsible for design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog. He/she will also be responsible for mentoring and development of less experienced QuEST firmware engineers Job Responsibilities: The Lead firmware engineer would work closely with the Project Engineering Lead, Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide firmware solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems. ·Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs ·Verifying firmware designs ·Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control ·Documenting and recording deliverables ·Providing progress reports Skills, Qualifications and Experience required: ·Extensive experience of developing firmware and verification using VHDL or SystemVerilog ·Relevant experience in the Aerospace, Military or Defence industry, ideally in Radar systems ·Proficient with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision ·Experienced 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 ·Experience of firmware requirements capture and requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS) ·Development of real-time, embedded, safety-critical firmware in accordance with RTCA/DO-254 DAL A or B De-bugging firmware designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware and system level ·In depth understanding of firmware version control and revision control software ·Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the customer’s Project Engineering Lead / Head of Firmware, other firmware engineers & other disciplines Previous experience of leading a small to medium-sized team of firmware engineers Qualifications ·2:1 honours degree or better in Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics Due to the nature of this work, Candidates must have a current UK passport and able to achieve UK Security Clearance – SC level. Some travel to other customers and/or QuEST sites in the UK depending on requirements. Excellent benefits package for Permanent engineers include: Pension, Life assurance and re-location package where applicable. In this current climate, we are holding Telephone and Video interviews in preparation for hire. To apply please follow the link or visit our website https://www.quest-global.com/careers/ QuEST Global are 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/89937513

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