Senior Firmware (VHDL) Engineer
- Employer
- General Dynamics UK
- Location
- Hastings, East Sussex or Hybrid Working (Home & Onsite)
- Salary
- £39,120 - £49,200
- Closing date
- 6 Jul 2022
- Reference
- 9184
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- Discipline
- Aerospace & Aeronautical, Design, Electrical, Electronics, Systems
- Sector
- Aerospace & Aviation, Defence, Software & Hardware
- Job Type
- Engineer, Senior & Chartered Engineer
Job Details
General Dynamics is seeking a full-time Senior Firmware Engineer for a flexible role where you will be working within a team environment and using your technical knowledge, decision making, and interpersonal skills to achieve project goals. This Senior Firmware (VHDL) Engineer role comes with a salary of £39,120-£48,900 p/a.
General Dynamics Mission Systems aims to be as flexible as possible so please discuss with us your preference. For this role we are operating hybrid working (with time split between home and one of our facilities) or you can be fully based within our offices in Hastings.
Key Sr Firmware Engineer responsibilities include:
- Firmware development and verification, primarily VHDL
- Adherence to RTCA/DO-254 and other applicable standards
- Leading internal and external firmware design reviews throughout the development life-cycle
To apply, you will need solid experience in FPGA design and implementation for complex functions, primarily using XILINX SoCs and Microsemi FPGAs. You will also need to be proficient in the use of VHDL.
The full job description as available to review at the bottom of the advert on our company website - please click the Apply button for more details
Our Company benefits
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:
- A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours – which means every other Friday off
- A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company
- A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded with a flexible benefits scheme
General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to execute missions across all domains of operation successfully. We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace, including beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts, and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!
We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.
Company
We are one of the UK’s leading defence companies and an important supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence. What sets us apart is not only our 60+ years of experience, but our commitment to providing an innovation-driven workplace for some of the best and brightest minds in the UK defence industry.
We have established a worldwide reputation for excellence in delivering multi-domain C4ISR solutions, Armoured Fighting Vehicle capability, and next-generation avionics systems.
Our colleagues innovate on a daily basis to meet our customers’ unique mission and land systems requirements. While each individual brings their unique and valued expertise, personality, interests and perspectives to the organisation, one thing unites us all – our ongoing commitment to excellence, community, and teamwork.
General Dynamics UK is part of General Dynamics Corporation, one of the top five defence companies in the world. General Dynamics, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, employs approximately 100,000 people worldwide. The Company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems; armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies.
In the UK we are structured around two main businesses:
Land Systems and Mission Systems.
Our solutions include:
- Avionic systems
- Bowman
- C4I systems - Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information
- Digitised training solutions and services
- ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance) systems
- Modelling, simulation and experimentation systems
- Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV)
- Website
- https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/GDMSI/career-page-uk/
- Telephone
- (0) 1495 787 200
- Location
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Unit 1 and 3
Oakdale Court
Oakdale Business Park
Blackwood
South Wales
NP12 4AD
United Kingdom
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