Senior FPGA/CPLD Design Engineer

• We seek an expert system-level, hardware design to bring your knowledge and expertise to make a long term impact to the success of the project and the wider business
• The team works at the forefront of embedded design alongside Software, SoC, Characterisation and Verification teams focusing on prototyping Arms latest IP products
• We design hardware platforms, based around Arms custom system-on-chip (SoC) and FPGAs

Responsibilities

• We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated FPGA/CPLD Design Engineer to join our hardware engineering team
• The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing and implementing complex digital logic on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs)
• This role involves the full design lifecycle, from architecture definition and coding to simulation, testing, and debugging on custom board control and management

Required Skills and Experience:

• Design, develop, and verify digital logic using Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) such as Verilog and VHDL for FPGA and CPLD devices.
• Work with cross-functional teams (including hardware, software, and systems engineers) to define and implement new requirements for FPGA/CPLD solutions.
• Create detailed design specifications, documentation, and test plans.
• Optimize designs for power, performance, and resource utilization while ensuring all timing requirements are met.
• Implement and verify high-speed interfaces and communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, SGPIO, and UART etc
• Debug and validate FPGA/CPLD designs on hardware using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and in-system tools like Xilinx/AMD Vivado/ISE/ChipScope or Altera Quartus/SignalTap.
• Experience with timing analysis, constraints, and closure.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in FPGA/CPLD technology, vendor tools, and industry trends.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Desirable Skills and Qualities:

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

In Return:

• You will gain a deeper understanding of system architecture and performance
• Opportunity to utilise your engineering skills to develop technologies and influence millions of devices for years to come
• Work alongside many other engineering teams including software, SoC implementation and verification, collaborating and enabling engineers and designers
• Extend your design expertise, producing high quality designs incorporating Arm IP
• You will enjoy new technical challenges faced when using advancing technologies