Technical Lead- FPGA Design Engineer

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Technical Lead- FPGA Design Engineer

Thales India Engineering Competency Center in Bangalore is seeking Technical Lead/Sr Technical Lead Engineer role to be part of Hardware-FPGA engineering this role you will be responsible for developing FPGA firmware RTL design testing in the virtual environment and in the target hardware for Avionics/defense applications. You also perform trade analysis of different algorithms IP core development design approaches engineering simulations & modeling before finalizing the design.

Qualifications:

in Electronics & Communication or Electrical engineering or equivalent with 10 to 15 years of relevant experience.

Higher qualifications of Post-graduation and PhD are desirable. Working experience in Aerospace/Defense products development is desirable

Job Responsibilities:

• Should have proven experience as an FPGA architect having been involved in all phases of development from specification to coding implementation integration and verification of FPGAs for Aerospace/defense applications

• Should have strong experience in Requirements Capture PHAC IVV Plan and Configuration traceability matrix.

• Should have strong and hands on experience in VHDL language.

• Strong experience in implementing FPGA code on the target hardware & testing with other system components and software.

• Strong experience in Synthesis P&R code constrain creation and timing closure of various design IPs into FPGAs. Designer test bench Timing simulation.

• Strong experience in functional and timing verification of FPGA design using simulation

• Strong experience in In-system verification of FPGA design on the system

• Strong experience in Writing verification test benches and automation of test cases

• Should have a good understanding of various development practices (data management traceability configuration management requirements management) and familiarity with ARP4761/DO-254 development process

• Should have experience to work in a collaborative spirit enjoy challenges and teamwork and have strong listening analysis and synthesis skills in a multidisciplinary environment

• Should have expertise in interacting and working with cross-functional teams Ex: board development (interfaces timing issues etc.)

• Must be aware with Ethernet PCIe ARINC 429 RS-485/422 RS-232 MILSTD 1553 LVDS/Video interfaces etc.

• Must be experience using Revision Control Systems: Subversion (SVN) CVS Git

• Good to be experience using scripting languages: Make Perl Python shell scripts etc.

• Should be able to provide progress/technical updates to the program and project managers.

• Should be able to support project schedule/plan risk/opportunity management and configuration management.

• Should be able to mentor other team members inside the team.

• Should assures(insures) the good level of reporting of his activity profession to assure(insure) a piloting adapted by the activities

Minimum Skills/Experience:

• Preferable Master Degree qualified in electrical/electronic engineering with minimum 10 years of experience in FPGA Design & Verification.

• Preferred candidate has experience in FPGA development for Avionics/Defence Applications.

• Experience in FPGA Implementation Tools ( XILINX Vivado/ALTERA Libero SoC /Altera Quartus).

• Good Experience in Mentor Graphics tools (HDL Designer Questasim Quest CDC and Formal Pro).

• Experience in handling Lab equipments (Logic Analyzer Oscilloscope Function Generators JTAG and In-circuit de-buggers).

• Various development practices - data management traceability configuration management requirements management.

• Experience in DO-254 Process assurance.

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