FPGA Design Engineer

Job description

Coda Octopus designs, manufactures, sells and support, systems and software for the marine survey, construction and security industries including real-time 3D sonars and GNSS/inertial measurement units. We are currently recruiting for the position of FPGA Design Engineer at our Edinburgh office. This position is full-time.

Ideally you will be qualified to degree level or equivalent and have at least 5 years’ experience in FPGA Firmware design and have a background in mathematics. You will be a talented ‘all-rounder’ with digital design, verification and hardware debug skills and can work in a multi-disciplined design and development team. You will possess excellent interpersonal skills, have problem solving and creativity skills, honesty and integrity, an eagerness to learn and a high level of personal motivation, drive and energy.

Key requirements

• Digital systems design and integration
• Hardware Description Language (VHDL or Verilog)
• Verification Methodologies
• Hardware debugging

Desirable

• Highspeed parallel and serial ADC and/or DAC firmware design
• Design of System-level Firmware Architecture
• Verification Methodologies (OSVVM)
• Firmware design experience on Intel (Altera) FPGAs
• Microcontroller firmware design
• Embedded software development

Duties will include:

• Requirements definition for new products or improvements to existing products.
• Reading of Schematic design of electronic circuits and design firmware.
• Working with Hardware Team to develop better designs for firmware performance.
• Design of firmware for general purpose digital communication protocol (I2C, SPI, UART, etc).
• Producing production quality firmware with timing model simulations.
• Define and undertake design qualification and manufacturing acceptance requirements.
• Ensuring that designs are tested in accordance with, and comply with requirement specifications, including taking an active role in analysis of faults or non-compliances, and presenting solutions to problems that may arise.
• Preparing design documentation, undertaking design reviews, managing version and release control to meet or exceed ISO9001.
• Developing diagnostics tools for products and related sub-systems using appropriate toolsets such as MATLAB, Python or TCL.
• Be proactive regarding new designs and new technology that can be used in future developments.

Salary will be competitive and dependent on experience. Coda Octopus Products Ltd offers a competitive benefits package including flexi-time.

For further information about Coda Octopus Products Ltd please visit our website at www.codaoctopus.com.

If you feel you have the necessary qualities and qualifications to join our team then please send your CV and covering letter to us explaining why this job is right for you. Closing Date for this position is 7 October 2024.

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