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Job Description
Highly skilled FPGA Engineer sought to design and develop cutting-edge inertial systems for a leading global company.
Our Client is an industry-leading inertial systems company offering many industries quality, robust gyroscopes, and accelerometer solutions. It is Ireland's largest space-related company and a global leader in inertial sensor technology.
As an FPGA Engineer, you will play a crucial role in our FPGA team. The successful candidate must have extensive experience architecting and designing and a track record of successfully delivering FPGA-based systems.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop specifications and designs for FPGA blocks.
- Create comprehensive design documentation, including FPGA requirements, specifications, design descriptions, and test specifications.
- Conduct FPGA verification in a laboratory setting, including system integration and testing.
- Provide support for existing FPGA design verification and board test activities.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to contribute to system architecture and design, actively participating in architecture and design reviews.
- Write, simulate, and verify VHDL-based FPGA designs.
- Offer support and review for schematic and PCB layout processes.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronic Engineering or a related field.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, and programming languages such as C/C++, for simulation/design environment development and analysis of laboratory test results.
- Strong knowledge of the FPGA design flow, including verification, synthesis, partitioning, place & route, timing closure, and power estimation.
- Understanding of interface protocols, memory technologies, and communication interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C).
- Experience in electronic circuit and system design, covering analog, digital, and power domains.
- Familiarity with embedded systems and processor architectures.
- Skilled in using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, and signal analyzers.
- Experience with version control tools such as SVN and Git.
- Preferred experience with VHDL and ECSS-Q-ST-60-02 standards for ASIC & FPGA development in space projects.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- A collaborative team player.
- Strong hardware/system debugging skills.