HCLTech
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Engineer
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Job Role
Job Role: FPGA Development Engineer
Work Location: Stafford, UK (3 Days onsite is mandatory to be in office per week and 2 days remote)
Mode of Hiring: 6 Months Contract (Inside IR35)
Job Description Summary
The FPGA Development Engineer will be working to define requirements, enhance product features for world-class Control & Protection systems in VSC and LCC HVDC schemes, working with engineers based in global locations.
The role is accountable for business-critical development meeting product requirements and timelines for current and future projects.
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Job Description with Roles and Responsibilities
- Analyzing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented.
- FPGA Application development.
- Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
- Creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.
- Writing functional specifications for design.
- Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test).
- Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
- Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.
Required Qualifications
- Degree or Higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience (3-5 years) of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
- Strong all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components & principles.
- Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
- Proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team.
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Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge and experience of Model Based Design.
- High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.
- Scripting experience using Perl, Python
- Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT
- Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA
- Power Electronics control system design.
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