Operations Director at Synergize Consulting Ltd We are looking for a Firmware Engineer at Senior or Principal Level to join our client’s team in Edinburgh. They are a global high‑tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. They have over 45,000 employees, of which 7,000 are based in the UK. They are recruiting talented, motivated engineers to join their growing Electronics team.

Security Clearance: You must be eligible for full security clearance.

Key Responsibility Areas

Their Electronics Function in Edinburgh requires a Senior/Principal Firmware (FPGA) Engineer to create and develop firmware for leading edge airborne applications. You would be responsible for the design and development of Firmware designs using VHDL, for verifying designs using either VHDL or SystemVerilog and working to a structured firmware design process.

Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required

Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ideally specialising in FPGA/Digital techniques.

Experience creating innovative VHDL based FPGA designs.

Advanced verification techniques using either VHDL or SystemVerilog/UVM.

Current FPGA technologies from either Xilinx, Altera or Microsemi and their tools.

Model Driven Engineering tools including MATLAB and Simulink.

High Speed Interface Design & Integration, including PCIe, DDR3, Ethernet.

Analysing system level documents and deriving detailed Firmware requirements.

Adopting a methodical approach to the full firmware design lifecycle, ideally working to a structured firmware process such as RTCA DO‑254 or similar.

Specifying complex timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA place and route.

De‑bugging firmware designs and supporting system related verification and integration.

Effective and flexible communication.

Inside IR35

100% site based in Edinburgh

British born only as UK eyes only project

Current SC Clearance is preferred

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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