L3Harris

Job Title – FPGA Engineer

Job Location – Tewkesbury or Fleet, UK

Job ID – 10151

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide. L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet are part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects.

A few of our employee benefits

• 12pm finish every Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Working with new and evolving technologies, sometimes outside of your immediate skill set, to solve a wide range of challenges using creative and innovative solutions.
• Design, implementation and verification of complex FPGA systems, primarily using VHDL.
• Performing research and exploratory tasks using publicly available software and information sources.
• Working as part of a cross functional team, to deliver new products, systems and applications, using Agile methodology.

What you’ll bring

The role of FPGA Engineer requires the following experience and skills:

• Experience targeting Xilinx FPGA and System on a Chip (SoC) devices.
• Proficient in FPGA simulation using Mentor Graphics Modelsim or QuestaSim tools.
• Experience in using Xilinx FPGA build tools (ISE & Vivado).
• Strong understanding of low-level FPGA physical characteristics and how to write VHDL to achieve optimal efficiency and timing closure.
• Good technical documentation skills.
• Ability to utilize, develop and maintain scripted build flows (TCL/ Python).
• Experience with modern, team-based version control systems (Git).
• Understanding of Continuous Integration approaches and tools (e.g., Jenkins & Docker).
• Desire to both to continue learn and to develop others within a team environment.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.