Senior FPGA Engineer

Working arrangements

Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a minimum 60% onsite / 40% home working split

Part time working or job share options will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA-based devices for energising, protecting, and controlling superconducting magnets.
• Design peripheral electronics such as amplifiers, ADCs, DACs, memory, etc.
• Leading development of a modular HDL framework for real-time control and data acquisition, including validation experiments and end user integration
• Taking ownership of hardware prototype development, liaising with Electronics and PCB engineers
• Produce documentation to communicate design intent and build business knowledge
• Supporting/mentoring colleagues in writing HDL and working with FPGAs
• Ensure magnet development projects stay focussed to deliver against the defined SMART objectives of the project.
• Liaise with project and program managers as requested.
• Support commercialisation of the company’s HTS magnet technology

• RTL designs in VHDL/Verilog with examples of using AXI4 interfaces (Full, Lite, Stream).

• Verification methodology, e.g. UVM, UVVM, OSVVM.
• C/C++ for embedded systems and object-oriented programming.
• Using source control (e.g. Git), CI/CD, code analysis, and benchmarking tools.
• Design of interfaces for ADCs and DACs with sample rates of at least 100kps per channel.
• Understanding and some experience of using linear control theory to tune closed-loop systems.
• Skills in using lab equipment, in particular soldering equipment, oscilloscopes, signal generators, network analysers.
• Extracting and processing data from instruments for analysis.
• Good communicator with ability to work cross functionally in a collaborative manner as required to support the R&D activities and program delivery.
• Experience in presenting information to a non-specialist (but still technical) audience, with skills in manipulating and displaying data .
• High degree of self-organisation, motivation, and commitment to working to defined timescales

Desirable Experience

• Experience with Simulink Embedded and HDL Coders
• Experience with other programming languages, e.g. Rust, Python
• Understanding of electric power conversion (ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac)
• Knowledge of power electronics
• Embedded Linux experience with Arm-based processors
• Networking for real-time applications
• Experience with complex build tools