Senior Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Designer

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE, full relocation support

About the Client

We are sourcing on behalf of a client who is a dynamic R&D house shaping the future of wireless and Radio Frequency communication solutions for the defence and security sectors, strongly embedded within the UAE's defence technology ecosystem. They design and develop advanced open architecture RF products and cutting-edge integrated solutions, empowering organizations to optimize operations and resolve issues faster and more efficiently. The company has grown rapidly over the last 8 years to over 500 highly skilled engineers from 60+ nationalities and continues to expand. They offer a collaborative culture that values every person's contribution, a stimulating state-of-the-art facility, competitive compensation, rewarding opportunities for top talent worldwide, and a well-orchestrated onboarding program. With highly ambitious goals and a commitment to pushing boundaries, they are transforming the future of defence technology.

About the Role

• Take on the responsibility for development and testing of complex VHDL/Verilog projects in FPGAs.
• Participation in hardware architecture design.
• Performing early trade-off studies with the evaluation boards and platforms.
• Developing and verifying of digital signal processing algorithms using Python or MATLAB.
• Design, simulation, coding and verification of software defined radio projects in FPGAs and DSPs for applications for wide band RF signal processing, including JESD204B/C interfaces, Ethernet 10G/100G, FFT, DDC/DUC, filtering, signal generators etc.
• Perform timing and area optimizations of FPGA designs.
• Participation in hardware bring-up and troubleshooting.
• Working with RF test equipment (Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Network Analyzers).
• Developing automatic tests for software defined radio devices.

Requirements

• B.Sc. or higher in Electronic Engineering or Computer Science or similar.
• Proven track record in VHDL or Verilog programming.
• Proficiency in the use of the following tools: XilinxVivado, Altera/Intel Quartus, Modelsim.
• Experience with Linux (as a user), bash, TCL and Python scripting.
• 10+ years of relevant hands-on experience.

Other requirements

• Passion for Electronics and Technology in general.
• Openness for new challenges and interest to learn and develop.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team spirit with the capacity to work independently, complemented by a quick intellect and well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Flexible attitude, ability to perform under pressure.
• Good level of spoken and written English language (upper-intermediate).

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