FPGA Engineer

Active Silicon is part of the Solid State plc group listed on the AIM stock part of Active Silicons expansion there is now the need for an FPGA ideal candidate will be able to take ownership of complex FPGA related projects from a design support and maintenance perspective.

• Provide direct input into the product specifications from a hardware/FPGA viewpoint.
• Write low-level specifications for system algorithm and architecture design.
• Take ownership of FPGA design tasks for new key product developments across the range.
• Implement verify test document and support new designs.
• Work with other disciplines to ensure quality of products.

The right candidate is likely to have a good engineering degree plus perhaps other post-graduate qualifications and a track-record of design engineering in the field of high-speed digital/ of the most important traits is the desire drive and enthusiasm to produce the worlds best-in-class products.

Ideally you will have 3 years commercial FPGA and general hardware design experience

• Focused able to work to deadlines and meet targets.
• Success driven having the desire to produce the best products right first time.
• Experienced in FPGA design using VHDL/SystemVerilog with AMD (Xilinx) Lattice or Intel (Altera) products.
• Familiarity with high speed interfaces in FPGAs such as PCI Express Ethernet CoaXPress MIPI QSFP and DDR4/5.
• Familiarity with advanced simulation methods including OSVVM/Systemverilog.
• Familiarity with general hardware PCB and EMI/EMC best practice.
• Communication good written verbal and presentation skills the ability to communicate to the rest of the engineering team as well as to customers from a support perspective.

The following would be desirable but not a requirement:

Knowledge/background in imaging.

Knowledge of JTAG-based test in particular XJTAG.

Knowledge of C / C and scripting languages such as Python/TCL/Shell

Experience with CI/CD

Experience in agile working practices

Competitive salary depending on skills and experience

Salary-sacrifice pension (5% employer 3% employee)

Discretionary bonus scheme.

Life assurance at 4x basic salary.

Option to join Electric Vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme.

Access to Westfield Health Scheme including:

-Corporate Health Cash Plan including cover for dependents

-Employee Assistance Programme

-Discounted gym membership

-Retail discount scheme

-Wellbeing app