Assystem are recruiting for an experienced Field-Programmable Gate Array ( FPGA) Design Engineers to work on our customers site in Derby on a an initial 12 months contract basis. 

You will work within the safety critical firmware development team across all design phases of the firmware lifecycle.  The team uses agile SCRUM methods to develop high integrity firmware applications adopting the latest state-of-the-art toolsets. 

What you will be doing:

You will follow a DevOps-based firmware development lifecycle to deliver customer requirements by:

• Developing high-level firmware requirements using DOORS
• Creating architectural designs
• Defining low level requirements and detailed designs
• Writing VHDL and Verilog HDL code using Sigasi Studio
• Simulating HDL designs at unit, integration and system level using Mentor Graphics QuestaSIM
• Undertaking synthesis, place and route and static timing analysis using Synopsis Synplify, targeting Xilinx FPGAs
• Developing Python scripts for process automation
• Operating continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) toolsets
• Managing change control and configuration management using GIT
• You will be expected to engage in continued improvement of our firmware development process, for cost and timescale reduction and quality improvement,

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Qualified to Degree, or HND level : In Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline,
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic to become familiar with new techniques and tools,
• Experienced and talented programmable hardware engineer.
• Experienced in digital electronics design,
• Experienced in programmable logic device design,
• Experienced in real-time systems
• Awareness of safety-critical development constraints (e.g. IEC62566)

**Security clearance**  

This role requires the successful candidate to hold a minimum of a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. 

Due to the nature of work this role will be delivering and for the protection of certain assets, the successful candidate has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non-ITAR country. 

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.