Job Description

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Firmware Developer subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract. The role will be working for first month onsite and then following this, generally 2 days a week onsite & 3 days remote. Your base site can be either from the companies Bristol or Stevenage office (depending on your preference).

Hourly Rate: £90.00ph (Umbrella)

Contract Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)

Firmware Developer Job Description:

A fantastic opportunity to join the Electro-Optical (EO) Seekers & Sensors Department as a FPGA Developer. Depending on the programme this will vary from specification and assessment through to delivery and support.

The successful applicant will join the team developing ground-breaking EO Seekers & Sensors for complex weapons. You will be responsible for the development of FPGA firmware solutions to support a number of products.

Skillset/experience required:

Essential

• Firmware design and development for Xilinx-SPF-Fibre video transceiver and implementation of high speed, synchronised video manipulation; VHDL, USB, HDMI, Taxi, Test-bench development
• Understanding and experience of Configuration Management principles
• Have a consistent track record of on time delivery particularly in a dynamic working environment.
• Able to engage with a broad range of partners and forge strategic technical relationships.
• Be adaptable, self-starting and able to work both independently and as part of a team.

Desirable

• Systems engineering; consulting with internal customers and stakeholder to elicit and capture system requirements, completing design decomposition, firmware subsystem and other software/mechanical/functional subsystem specifications

Skills Required

• Communication Skills