Firmware Engineer

Copello are recruiting for a Firmware Engineer on a contract basis to join an organisation in Buckinghamshire.

The Firmware Engineer will be taking the lead on a large legacy programme providing activities in relation to designing, developing and testing of FPGA/Firmware products for the end customer.

Other responsibilities of the Firmware Engineer include

• Firmware/FPGA design architecture, modelling and configuration
  
  
• Producing firmware tests and relevant documentation
  
  
• Producing design review practices
  
  
• Working with cross functional teams to resolve any technical issues
  
  
• V&V activities
  
  The successful Firmware Engineer will have the following experience:
  
  
• Experience working on a large project/programme within Electronic Warfare sector
  
  
• Full product lifecycle experience from system requirement, architecture, design , verification through to production
  
  
• Extensive experience of the production of FPGA firmware within either or Software Defined Radio/EW/surveillance systems and comms
  
  
• Design, coding , debugginf ans testing high speed systems
  
  
• Exposure to VHDL & Xilinix
  
  
• Experience of processor system block design, schematic design, IP integrator, and VHDL firmware development
  
  
• Experience of developing firmware I&Q signal processing, digital filter design and frame based sample streaming.
  
  
• Experience of implementing efficient resource and time critical firmware on latest technology ultra large FPGA and SoC FPGA devices with multi ARM processors
  
  Role will require candidate to be eligible for SC. The role will require hybrid working (3 days a week onsite)