FPGA FPGA & DSP Design Engineer

The Role

You will play a key role in the design, verification and implementation of FPGA firmware and real-time signal processing solutions for new and existing products. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will contribute to the development of advanced sonar, navigation, communication, and sensing systems, including FPGA, DSP and GPU-accelerated (CUDA) processing technologies.

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Electronics Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Engineering or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum 5 years' FPGA firmware design experience
• Digital systems design and integration
• SystemVerilog and/or VHDL development
• Intel/Altera and/or AMD/Xilinx development tool experience
• FPGA verification methodologies
• Hardware debugging and fault investigation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary development team

Desirable Experience

• High-speed ADC/DAC firmware design
• System-level firmware architecture
• Digital signal processing (DSP), including beamforming and real-time signal processing applications
• Sonar, radar, communications, defense or underwater acoustics applications
• Embedded microcontroller firmware development
• Embedded software development
• Verification frameworks such as OSVVM

Key Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA firmware for new products and enhancements to existing products
• Define firmware requirements and architectures
• Design and implement digital communication interfaces including I²C, SPI, UART, and various high speed serial
• Develop and optimize FPGA-based digital signal processing and beamforming functions where required
• Undertake simulation, verification, integration and hardware testing
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to optimize system performance and reliability
• Investigate and resolve design issues, faults and non-conformances
• Produce design documentation and participate in design reviews
• Maintain version and release control in accordance with ISO 9001 quality standards
• Develop diagnostic and test tools using MATLAB, Python or TCL
• Contribute ideas and technologies for future product development

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• Opportunity to work on industry-leading sonar and navigation technologies
• Collaborative and innovative engineering environment
• Long-term career development within a growing technology company

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance