Firmware Engineer- Crawley, Reading or Leeds

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Firmware (FPGA) Engineer to work for our client within the Defence, Aerospace and Transportation sector. This is initially a contract length to be confirmed, with very good prospects to extend, and will be a hybrid role based in Crawley, Reading or Leeds.

Our client is seeking an experienced Firmware (FPGA) Engineer to join a team delivering firmware for a wide range of defence-related products. The role will involve architecture, requirements specification, design, verification and validation, working closely with systems, software and hardware engineering teams to develop electronic systems using modern FPGA and system-on-chip technologies. 

Responsibilities:

• Work as part of a firmware engineering team to deliver firmware projects to agreed time, cost and quality expectations.
• Design firmware using hardware description languages, including VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Verify firmware using hardware verification languages, test benches and structured verification approaches.
• Work closely with systems, software and hardware engineers to develop and integrate electronic systems.
• Support architecture, requirements, design, validation and documentation activity across the firmware lifecycle.
• Contribute to firmware process improvements, including documentation, scripting, reporting and process automation.