Overview

At ALL.SPACE we design and produce stand-alone phased-array antennas. We cover the electronics spectrum and develop the electronics hardware (power, analogue, digital, RF), firmware, and software that runs on our hardware. Our FPGA firmware designers manage the full development process: from requirements negotiation and initial design architecture through formal validation and verification. You will work within a small team of firmware engineers and may also have opportunities to write software for products and test systems, or to use Matlab to generate and analyse test data or simulate DSP algorithms. You will contribute to our unique and novel antennas within an enthusiastic and supportive team.

Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA firmware to industry standards, implementing signal processing functions, glue logic, and high-speed interfaces.
• Develop testbenches for FPGA firmware and perform verification.
• Develop firmware for complex FPGAs, SoCs, and PLDs.
• Test firmware on system hardware.
• Support integration efforts as required.
• Develop and agree development plans with the team leader and work towards the plan to deliver firmware on time.
• Review firmware code developed by peers.
• Contribute towards miscellaneous firmware team activities.

Qualifications

Education

• University degree in Electrical, Communications, or related engineering discipline (first or upper-second class)
• PhD would be a significant advantage.

Soft skills

• Proactive "can-do" mentality
• Ability to present information and communicate using well-thought-out responses; both verbal and written
• Good interpersonal skills

Required Technical skills

• Robust electronic engineering skills
• Binary number arithmetic
• Digital logic design at Register Transfer Level (RTL)
• HDL programming (VHDL or Verilog)

Following skills and experience are advantageous

• At least two years' experience as a firmware developer
• FPGA firmware architecture design
• Signal processing theory of RF signals, ADC and DAC
• Digital electronic design
• Digital signal processing (DSP) design
• Experience with Xilinx FPGAs (RFSoC, MPSoC, Ultrascale+, etc.)
• Experience with Xilinx design suite (Vivado, Vitis, Petalinux, etc.)
• Use of bench equipment (e.g. spectrum analyser, oscilloscope, RF signal generator, network analyser)
• Linux
• Git
• TCL
• C programming
• Microsoft Office Suite

Benefits

• Excellent compensation package inclusive of competitive salary, pension, and 25 days holiday in addition to the UK bank holidays
• Bonus and stock options package
• Career development training opportunities (in-house and external)
• Hybrid working
• Cycle to Work and Employee Referral schemes
• 24/7 access to discount platform across 900 retailers
• 24/7 access to the Well-being Centre and Employee Assistance Hotline
• Free access to a gym

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Industry

• IT Services and IT Consulting