LOCATION(S): UK, EUROPE & AFRICA : UK : GLOUCESTER

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.
Job Title: Firmware Engineer
Requisition ID: 121741
Location: Gloucester
Grade: GG09
Referral Bonus: £5,000
The Cross-Domain (XD) team deliver high performance appliances for the Defensive Cyber market. We develop from a blank sheet with security as a primary consideration, designing the whole appliance from high performance C++, embedded software, FPGA firmware (VHDL), custom PCBs, power distribution, and thermal management. All of which has to deliver a reliable, supportable, and maintainable capability for our customers.

USEFUL EXPERIENCE:

• High bandwidth data processing in FPGAs
• Working with high bandwidth FPGA interfaces such as networking and DRAMs
• Design of security appliances
• Task planning
• An appreciation of hardware design

A Firmware Engineer within the XD team can expect to be involved in the full lifecycle of product development, from concept, design, through delivery, and into support. We predominately use Altera FPGAs, with code developed using VHDL. As this is an active hands-on role, experience with VHDL is a must, as is a familiarity with at least 1 modern FPGA tool chain (ideally Altera but could be Xilinx, Achronix, or similar).
The BAE Systems Digital Intelligence Cross-Domain product team consists of circa 50 people predominately based in our Gloucester office, and sits within the wider products group of approximately 200 engineers. As an integral part of 3500 strong BAE Systems Digital Intelligence capability in the UK, we look to recruit good engineers to help meet our customer’s needs. In return we offer engaging technical challenges to solve, a collaborative and trusted work environment and the opportunity to develop a career that can encompass the full range of the company’s activities, form product development, research, technical consultancy, business consultancy, and customer engagement.
Due to the nature of our work in Cross-Domain, candidates must hold, or be eligible to gain UK security clearance and meet nationality requirements. Additionally, we cannot offer regular remote working, but do provide a flexible working environment that respects the needs of our people’s personal lives.