Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Engineer

Allen & Heath is a global leader in the design and manufacture of professional audio mixing systems used and loved by bands, rental companies, installers, houses of worship, DJs, clubs, broadcasters and studios across the globe.

We are looking for an FPGA engineer to work on the development of complex FPGA designs for high end audio mixing desks; the role will cover specification through to hardware testing, with a focus on high quality, re‑usable coding, as well as effective verification, of various audio interfaces and custom DSP designs.

• Implement new FPGA designs, using a mixture of existing IP and newly created code, using VHDL primarily for Xilinx devices
• Write code with a view to re‑usability, readability, efficient resource utilisation, and high clock rate
• Use modern simulation and verification techniques to create comprehensive testing/simulation environments using Model Sim
• Create and validate timing constraints
• Produce design documentation, as well as documents describing any software interfaces
• Involvement in circuit design; schematic symbol generation, and interaction with the PCB layout process
• Conduct PCB-level bring‑up and debug of the FPGA
• Research into cutting edge FPGA technology with a view to device selection and potential exploitation of said technologies in new designs

• Degree or equivalent from an accredited course in Electronic Engineering or suitable experience in the field

• Minimum 2 years’ experience
• Coded FPGA or ASIC designs in VHDL or Verilog
• Experience in design, simulation / verification, synthesis, static timing analysis, verification and debugging

Candidate should show evidence of skills in cost effective design for a very competitive market. The job will require a good knowledge, understanding and experience of most of the following :

• High speed digital design - Logic, Timing, Signal Integrity etc
• Embedded Microprocessor and Microcontroller design
• Digital circuit components : DSP, FPGA, CPLD, Memory etc

• Programmable logic design tools
• Knowledge of digital audio
• C/C++ programming language
• Circuit design
• OSVVM
• SDC
• TCL
• Knowledge of audio mixing systems