Firmware Design Engineer

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FPGA Design & Verification Engineer (Lead Firmware Verification Engineer)

Lead Firmware Verification Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Lead Firmware Verification Engineer will be working to analyse requirements, plan testing, and design stimuli to verify an electronic design for world-class Control & Protection system in VSC and LCC systems, working together with engineers based global locations. The role is accountable for business-critical development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

· Study requirement specifications to understand verification requirements.

· Creating verification plans and reviewing these with designers.

· Development of verification matrices to ensure coverage of requirements.

· Writing the tests outlined in test plan.

· Developing and applying assertions within an assertion-based verification strategy .

· Developing functional coverage (cover groups, cover points) to measure test effectiveness.

· Developing constraints to guide constrained random simulations.

· Reporting RTL bugs and supporting designers to resolve bugs.

· Code and functional coverage analysis and closure.

Required Qualifications

· Significant industrial experience in a FPGA/ASIC verification role.

· Professional use of Verilog is essential.

· Proficient in the use of System Verilog for verification.

· Experience with simulation tools, preferably Mentor Graphics ModelSim/Questa.

· Experience with UVM/VMM/OVM Frameworks.

· Continuous Integration experience, e.g., Jenkins, Bamboo.

Desired Qualifications

· Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.

· Experience of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.

· Good verbal and written communication skills.

· Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.

· Agile development practices (e.g., Scrum).

· Scripting experience using Perl, Python.

· Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT.

· Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA.

· Power Electronics control system design.

· Knowledge of HVDC.

Lead Firmware Developer

Job Description Summary

The Lead Firmware Developer will be working to define requirements, enhance product features for an electronic design for world-class Control & Protection system in VSC and LCC systems, working together with engineers based global locations. The role is accountable for business-critical development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

· Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in Hardware.

· FPGA Firmware development.

· Analogue and digital Hardware design.

· Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.

· Contribution to creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.

· Writing functional specifications for design.

· Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test).

· Participating in and contributing to design reviews.

· Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.

· Supporting site activities.

Required Qualifications

· Degree or Higher in Electrical/Electronic engineering.

· Significant experience of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.

· Knowledge and experience of Model Based Design.

· Strong all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components & principles.

· Strong hardware/FPGA debugging skills.

· Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools (Quartus II, Libero SoC).

· Dynamic and proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.

Desired Qualifications

· Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.

· High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.

· Good verbal and written communication skills.

· Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.

· Agile development practices e.g., Scrum

· Scripting experience using Perl, Python

· Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT

· Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA

· Power Electronics control system design.

· Knowledge of HVDC