Firmware Engineer FPGA - Remote

Firmware Engineer FPGA - Remote with 4/5 days per month on-site in Ulverston

Are your Firmware Engineer or FPGA Design Engineer career goals not being met? Are you working in a large corporate environment with limited scope on projects? Bored? Frustrated by bureaucracy? Looking for a role in an innovative industry?

We are an exclusive partner to this exciting company, having worked with them successfully for over 10 years.

As a Firmware or FPGA Engineer, you'll enjoy working in a high-technology business dedicated to providing reliable imaging and acoustic equipment for underwater applications.

Their international customer base uses cutting-edge technology in various subsea applications, including deep-sea infrastructure, renewables, marine life tracking, dive search & recovery, oil & gas, and scientific discovery. Backed by its parent company, they are launching new products, including next-generation sonar systems, to provide underwater solutions worldwide.

You will be based at a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ulverston, Cumbria, near the Lake District National Park, or work remotely with one week per month on-site, fully expensed. This location offers a great environment to develop your career in the growing underwater technology market.

The role:

1. The FPGA/ Firmware Engineer will be a key member of a multidisciplinary small design team, specializing in acoustics, imaging, vision, mechanical design, electronic hardware, embedded software, and application software.
2. You will develop solutions in VHDL or Verilog for multichannel analogue and digital signal sampling systems operating in real-time.
3. Your responsibilities include writing test benches, simulation, synthesis, achieving timing closure, and debugging.

Job responsibilities:

• Inception and definition of new products, working on five new developments.
• Design and development of firmware (VHDL or Verilog) for high-frequency real-time multibeam sonar equipment.
• Advanced test benching and debugging HDL designs.
• Achieving timing closure.
• Development of DSP solutions using Xilinx FPGA's.

Qualifications and experience:

• A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject (preferably Electronics); candidates from other disciplines will be considered.
• At least 3 years of experience in HDL design, with VHDL or Verilog development.
• Knowledge of Xilinx devices (Spartan, Artix, Kintex, Virtex, Ultrascale, Zynq, Ultrascale+) and development platforms (Vivado, Vitis).
• Experience with lab-based test and measurement equipment.
• Experience in software, hardware development, embedded systems.

The benefits include flexible working hours, remote work, annual bonus, life assurance, enhanced sick pay, pension scheme, holiday entitlement, family leave, and health plans.

This role offers technical challenges, a trusting culture, job satisfaction, variety, rewards, work-life balance, and opportunities for growth within the subsea industry.