Firmware Engineer

ALL.SPACE

Reading, United Kingdom

The work is extremely challenging but incredibly rewarding. You will work within a small team of firmware engineers who are experts in their field. Although the primary role is to develop firmware for deployment into an FPGA, you may also get the opportunity to write software for our products and test systems or use Matlab to generate and analyse test data or simulate DSP algorithms. One thing is for sure: you will be contributing to our unique and novel antennas within an enthusiastic and supportive team.

Responsibilities:

Develop FPGA firmware to industry standards, that implements signal processing functions, glue logic, and high-speed interfaces.
Develop testbenches for FPGA firmware and perform the verification.
Develop firmware for complex FPGAs, SoCs, and PLDs.
Test firmware on system hardware.
Support integration efforts as required.
Develop and agree development plans with the team leader and work towards the plan to deliver firmware on time.
Review firmware code developed by peers.
Contribute towards miscellaneous firmware team activities.

Requirements

Education

University degree in Electrical, Communications, or related engineering discipline (first or upper-second class).
PhD would be a significant advantage.

Soft skills

Proactive “can-do” mentality.
Ability to present information and communicate using well-thought-out responses; both verbal and written.
Good interpersonal skills.

Required Technical skills

Robust electronic engineering skills.
Binary number arithmetic.
Digital logic design at Register Transfer Level (RTL).
HDL programming (VHDL or Verilog).

Following skills and experience are advantageous

At least two years’ experience as a firmware developer.
FPGA firmware architecture design.
Signal processing theory of RF signals, ADC and DAC.
Digital electronic design.
Digital signal processing (DSP) design.
Experience with Xilinx FPGAs (RFSoC, MPSoC, Ultrascale+, etc.).
Experience with Xilinx design suite (Vivado, Vitis, Petalinux, etc.).
Use of bench equipment (e.g. spectrum analyser, oscilloscope, RF signal generator, network analyser).
Linux.
Git.
TCL.
C programming.
Microsoft Office Suite.