FPGA-SoC Engineer

Theon Group is looking for a FPGA Development and Verification Engineer

THEON develops and manufactures cutting-edge Night Vision, Thermal Imaging and Electro-Optical ISR systems for Military and Security applications in Europe with a global footprint. THEON began operations in 1997 in Greece, and today occupies a leading role in the sector thanks to its international presence, with offices in Greece, Cyprus, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Switzerland and Singapore, as well as three production sites in Athens, Wetzlar (Germany) and Plymouth (USA), employing more than 300 people globally. Through this network of companies, offices and facilities worldwide, THEON has more than 150,000 systems in service with the armed forces and special forces of 68 countries, including 24 NATO countries. THEON INTERNATIONAL PLC the parent company of the group has recently been listed in the EURONEXT stock market, allowing THEON to accelerate its growth and future business development further.

Role Summary

The FPGA team operates within a multi-disciplined group of Optical, Mechanical, Software, and Electrical Engineers. The candidate will closely collaborate with experts from all fields to develop advanced FPGA designs and be responsible for the automatic verification of the FPGA-SoC operation. This position is an excellent opportunity to participate in the development of advanced FPGA-SoC based embedded products and have an impact on the group and company growth.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the definition of the FPGA SoC architecture.
• Develop code and verify core IP blocks for embedded vision algorithms.
• Design the verification strategies for IP blocks and complete FPGA-SoC systems.
• Develop testbenches, simulation blocks, and hardware in the loop designs for the automatic verification, and regression test of FPGA-SoCs.
• Perform synthesis, place-route, and timing closure on FPGAs.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience developing at least one of Xilinx/Altera/Microsemi programmable devices along with timing closure skills.
• Experience with RTL coding (VHDL preferred) and simulation tools (Mentor graphics preferred)
• Hands-on experience with designing FPGA SoC with microcontrollers and embedded processors.
• Experience with verification methodologies and verification environments.
• Experience with lab tools like oscilloscopes for HW debugging and testing.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with version control systems like Git or SVN.
• Experience with DevOps like processes for FPGA-SoC verification.