FPGA Engineer

Description:

ETL Systems Ltd
ETL Systems Limited is an award-winning business specialising in designing and manufacturing RF equipment and infrastructure for the global satellite communications markets. ETL’s world-class products and custom-designed solutions are used globally, supporting various customers, from NATO governments protecting citizens to international broadcasters, satellite communications companies and telecom companies. With a highly skilled global team and over 35 years of experience, ETL Systems is experiencing an exciting period of growth and is seeking an FPGA Engineer to join our team on a Hybrid / Remote basis.
ETL People benefits:
* 25 days holidays plus UK bank holidays
* Buy and sell holiday scheme
* Long service holiday accrual
* Pension plan
* Life assurance
* ETL employee wellbeing support (free annual flu vaccination, free eye tests, free employee assistance programme, Free GP Access)
Role Overview
As an FPGA Engineer, you will report to the Digital RF Technical Lead and be responsible for designing, developing, and testing Wideband Digitization for Digital IF systems using FPGAs supported by software. Working within ETL's Engineering department, you will contribute to developing the latest Digital IF distribution products for ETL's extensive product portfolio.
Join forces with the world's foremost DIF experts to innovate and enhance ETL's portfolio of state-of-the-art Digital IF products.
Key Accountabilities:
* To design and develop a range of modules and equipment for digital IF.
* Integration and test of digital IF equipment.
* Produce HDL code for VITA-49 or similar network SDR transport protocols.
* Scripting in TCL designs utilizing IP Cores for rapid development.
* Build scripting to support continuous integration.
* Design and development of test benches to prove HDL code.
* Conduct floor-planning and timing analysis of designs, achieving timing closure.
* Test of HDL code on target platform.
* Integration of firmware into application design.
Our ideal candidate
We need a candidate with a strong background in network protocols, communications systems engineering, and digital signal processing. You should have experience implementing FPGA-based network equipment, ideally with SOC FPGAs like Zynq or Cyclone device families.
To succeed in this role, you will have outstanding FPGA skills and experience working on mid to large-sized designs with multiple code authors in a cloud CI environment. You will be familiar with high-speed sampling, processing of signals, including adding metadata , and transmission of data over high-speed Ethernet encapsulated in L4 protocols such as V49.2 or eCPRI.
Desirables:
* Relevant academic credentials at the level of a bachelor’s or higher.
* Industrial experience developing Radio Frequency System on Chip (RFSOC / MPSOC) is highly desirable.
* Experience of SDR protocols such as VITA-49.
* Experience of FPGA implementation of communications stacks.
* Extensive experience of FPGA synthesis tools such as Synplify, Vivado, Quartus or Mentor.
* Extensive experience of writing FPGA test benches ideally with Verilator / cocotb.
* Experience of DSP Algorithm simulation in Python.
* Efficient implementation of DSP algorithms in Verilog.
* FPGA code design, synthesis, implementation, and test, including achieving timing closure.
* Build scripting for reproducible builds in a team environment.
* Command line Linux.
* Experience in C / C++ / Rust or other high-level language.
* Experience of working in an Agile Test-Driven environment.
Location
Remote working is available with monthly meetings held at either the London or Hereford offices.
All applicants must be based in the UK
Closing date: 23/06/2024
At ETL, we always prioritise efficiency in everything we do. With this in mind, we are looking to commence our interview process without delay and reserve the right to close the opening early should we receive suitable applications.
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