Senior FPGA Engineer

Overview

Job Description Summary
The Senior FPGA Development Engineer will be working to define requirements, implement features and enhance product features for world-class Control & Protection systems in VSC and LCC applications, collaborating with engineers located globally.

The role is accountable for business-critical development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

• Analyzing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in hardware.
• Development and implementation of features.
• Knowledge and understanding of analogue and digital hardware design.
• Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
• Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
• Developing specialized knowledge in the discipline; serves as best-practice/quality resource with awareness of latest technical developments.
• Contributes towards strategy development, and ensures delivery within area of responsibility.
• Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and differentiators in the market.
• Uses judgement to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Uses data analysis to support recommendations and draws on multiple internal and limited external sources.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Communicates difficult information clearly and works to build consensus.

• Degree or higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience (10+ years) of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
• Strong knowledge of electronic components and principles.
• Exceptional hardware/FPGA debugging skills.
• Knowledge and experience with Model Based design tools such as MATLAB/SIMULINK.
• Scripting experience using Perl, Python.
• Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and vendor design tools.
• Dynamic and proactive with ability to work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
• Power Electronics control system design.

• Knowledge of HVDC.
• Experience designing hardware for real-time control applications.
• High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Motivated team player, self-starter, results oriented.
• Agile development practices (e.g., Scrum).
• Experience with version control (e.g., SVN, GIT).
• Bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).

Relocation Assistance Provided:
No