Hardware FPGA Design Engineer - Contract

Contract*Hardware FPGA Design Engineer.*Bournemouth.*£225 per day
CANDIDATES MUST BE ALREADY SECURITY CLEARED!

The Hardware Engineer FPGA role is to support the enhancement of existing, and development of new FPGA designs.

Requirements
* Analysis of system and equipment requirements to determine FPGA design requirements, in conjunction with host board level hardware designers and Embedded software designers.

Design
* Modification of existing VHDL based designs to add new functionality.
* Also possibility of supporting the development of new designs.

Verification
* Modification of VHDL based test benches to ensure verification of new functions incorporated into existing designs and regression testing of existing functionality.
* Generation of VHDL based test benches to verify any new designs developed.
* Support to integration testing.

Documentation
* Modification of design requirements and implementation specifications for changes to existing designs.
* Generation of new design requirements and implementation specifications for any new designs developed.

Professional/Educational qualifications
* Degree/HND qualified in Electronics - desirable

Prior experience required
* At least 5 years experience in the design and verification of FPGAs using VHDL - essential
* Good knowledge of Mentor Graphics FPGA tool flow (HDLdesigner/Modelsim/Leonardo) - essential
* Good knowledge of Xilinx and Actel Place and Route Software (ISE/Designer) - essential
* Experience of developing VHDL based test benches to verify functional requirements - essential
* Ability to work with minimal assistance and capable of adopting local work practices - essential
* Engineering experience in Radio based systems - desirable