FPGA Design Engineers

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Salary Ranges

Engineer: 38k - 53k

Senior: 45k - 61k

Principal: 54k - 71k

Lead: 60k - 84k

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role or a narrower hiring range published within that band and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Where this vacancy is being recruited across more than one grade the successful candidate will be appointed to a specific assessed grade and the applicable salary range will be that associated with the grade of appointment.

Leonardo offers an additional allowances for some roles for more information please contact

Your impact

Would you like to deliver the complexFirmwarethat forms part of our self-protection systems installed on fast jet UAV land and naval platforms Do you have experience leadingFirmwareteams or delivering highly complexembeddedsolutions

Leonardo is looking for Lead and Principal FPGA/FirmwareEngineers to join our growing Luton or Bristol based teams.

As an experienced FPGA/Firmwareengineer you will work with experts in their field using world-class facilities to deliverFirmwarefor complexdigital systemsthat meet challenging future customer requirements.

Your role may even take you across the UK or abroad for technical reviews. You will use or develop team leading experience to support the delivery of work from several engineers. Your expertise will also be key to enhance processes and ways of working across UK wideFPGA/Firmwaredelivery teams

What you will do:

• Firmware requirements capture and management;
• FPGA design and analysis;
• Production of documentation for other engineers and evidence for design reviews;
• Development of FPGA test and FPGA integration plans;
• Perform system integration work with PCB designers
• Support all firmware designs through the company firmware process training will be given
• Modification of existing firmware designs and test benches

What youll bring

• An HNC/HND or Undergraduate Degree (Electronic Engineering Computer Science AI Games Programming Physics orApplied Physics) or you may just have lots of skills and experience gained through your hard work.
• Design tools such as XilinxTCLVerilogSystem Verilogand UVM
• FPGAarchitectures such as Xilinx 7. Xilinx UltraScale; Intel (Altera) or Microsemi (Actel).
• Fast interfaces such as PCIe Ethernet and JESD is also required.
• Auto-generated code usingmodel driven engineeringusingMatlabandSimulinktools
• Derivation of detailedFPGA/Firmwarerequirements and architecture fromsystem requirements
• A structured approach toFPGA/firmware design(RTCA DO-254 or similar)
• Cryptography and anti-tamper techniques
• Artificial Intelligenceincludingmachine learningand genetic algorithms
• Electronicstest methods and equipment
• Good verbal andwritten communication skills

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Governments Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: join us

At Leonardo our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing career development and worklife balance. Whether youre looking to grow professionally care for your health or plan for the future were here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support financial advice and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable Pride Equalise Armed Forces Carers Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4000 online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to 500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare dental family cover tech & lifestyle discounts gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy we employ over 53000 people worldwide including 8500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a teamthey are key contributors to shaping innovation advancing technology and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive accessible and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity drives innovation and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process just let us know.

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