Senior FPGA Engineer

The Senior FPGA Development Engineer will define requirements, implement, and enhance product features for world‑class Control & Protection systems in VSC and LCC systems, collaborating with engineers across global locations. The role is accountable for business‑critical development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

Responsibilities

• Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in hardware.
• Development and implementation of features.
• Knowledge and understanding of analogue and digital hardware design.
• Maintain legacy products, including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
• Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
• Developing specialized knowledge in the discipline and serving as a best practice/quality resource; staying aware of the latest technical developments in the area.
• Contributing towards strategy development and ensuring delivery within the area of responsibility.
• Possessing in‑depth knowledge of best practices and how the area integrates with others; having working knowledge of competition and differentiating market factors.
• Using judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering; taking new perspectives on existing solutions; using technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations; and drawing on multiple internal and limited external sources outside the own function to arrive at decisions.
• Acting as a resource for colleagues with less experience; leading small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements; explaining difficult or sensitive information; building consensus; and developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within the field.

Required Qualifications

• Degree or higher in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience (10+ years) of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
• Strong all‑round knowledge and understanding of electronic components and principles.
• Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
• Knowledge and experience in using model‑based design tools such as MATLAB/SIMULINK.
• Programming experience using Perl and Python.
• Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and vendor design tools.
• Dynamic and proactive ability to work independently or as part of a multi‑disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
• Power electronics control system design experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of HVDC.
• Experience designing hardware for real‑time control applications.
• High‑speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Motivated teammate, self‑starter, results‑oriented.
• Agile development practices (e.g., Scrum).
• Experience with version control (e.g., SVN, GIT).
• Experience with bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).

Relocation Assistance

No relocation assistance provided.

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