Fpga Design Engineer

Cambridge
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FPGA Design Engineer - Cambridge

A growing engineering and technology business based in Cambridge is looking to hire an FPGA Design Engineer to join their established FPGA Design team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on highly advanced imaging and electronic systems that are used globally within demanding environments. The role will see you contributing to the development of reusable FPGA modules that are used across a wide range of products, working closely with hardware, software and mechanical engineering teams to bring new technology to market.

The Role - FPGA Design Engineer - Cambridge

As part of the FPGA Design team, you will be responsible for designing and verifying FPGA modules and contributing to a shared design library used across multiple products.

You will also be involved in writing timing constraints, analysing timing reports and modifying designs where required to ensure timing closure.

The position offers the opportunity to work on technically challenging products within a collaborative engineering environment where innovation and engineering best practice are highly valued.

Key Responsibilities - FPGA Design Engineer - Cambridge

• Developing FPGA modules using SystemVerilog
• Contributing reusable modules to a shared FPGA design library
• RTL verification and validation
• Writing and managing timing constraints
• Reviewing timing reports and modifying designs to close timing
• Designing with a focus on low power optimisation
• Writing and reviewing module specifications
• Conducting code and documentation reviews
• Writing code in line with company coding standards
• Collaborating with hardware, software and mechanical engineering teams

Skills & Experience - FPGA Design Engineer - Cambridge

• Strong experience with SystemVerilog
• Experience with Python
• RTL verification experience
• Experience writing and managing timing constraints
• Understanding of timing analysis and timing closure
• Experience designing for low power

You should also be comfortable working with:
• Linux command line
• Version control systems such as Git or SVN
• Markdown documentation

Experience with cocotb Python verification library would be beneficial but is not essential.

About You - FPGA Design Engineer - Cambridge

You will be someone who enjoys working within a collaborative engineering team and is committed to writing high quality, maintainable FPGA code. You will be comfortable following established frameworks while also contributing ideas that improve the overall engineering capability of the team

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