- Primary role is custom FPGA design for Sechoia clients (Defence andAerospace)- Target devices include Xilinx 7 series, Microsemi ProASIC and LatticeMachXO3 using Vivado, Libero and Lattice Diamond design suitesrespectively- Functionality developed includes a reconfigurable UART transceiver,high-speed USB (interfacing with FTDI chipsets), drivers for SPI baseddevices including memory, ADCs, CAN and other communicationcontrollers- Debugging design through behavioural simulations, internal logicanalysers and hardware testing. Working with an independenthardware test team while following protocols demanded by Nuclearclass standard BS EN 62566- Use of SVN and Git repositories- Full implementation of a quality management system and achievingUKAS accredited ISO9001:2015 certification

- VHDL Designs from scratch for Microsemi Proasic3 devices- Functional VHDL testbenches for self-checking simulations- Use of Microsemi Libero and Mentor Graphics ModelSim- TCL script based simulation and build flows- SVN for project version control- Memory bus interfaces, bespoke customer communications protocol, VHDL inferred memory design (No 3rd party IP)- Conforming to development safety standards for PLD design

FPGA development for radar technology products.Firmware/Hardware interface and schematic analysis.

- FPGA designs for Xilinx 7 series devices- Experienced with VHDL and Xilinx tools including Vivado and ISE- Use of Mentor Graphics QuestaSim/ModelSim for simulation- Implementation of various communication protocols incl. SPI, I2C, AXI, Ethernet- Designer of Hardware solutions complying with requirements for Transportation systems- Communicating and building relationships with Customers and Suppliers- Working as part of a multi-discipline team to produce fully integratable systems

- Designing electronic products at a requirement level and developing manufacturing strategies- Creating plans for marketing, finance, sales, customer and supplier relations- Undertaking market research and trials of product concepts- Development of the company brand

- Designing and developing Firmware for FPGA devices- Familiarisation with common encryption standards such as AES- Use of VHDL programming language