Job Description Summary

The Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer will be working to define requirements, enhance product features for an electronic design for world-class Control Protection system in VSC and LCC systems, VBE, working together with engineers based in global locations. The role is accountable for business-critical design, development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

Job Description Roles and Responsibilities
Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in hardware.
Solid knowledge and experience of Model Based Design (MATLAB Simulink, HDL Coder, Xilinx System Generator)
FPGA firmware development.
Analogue and digital hardware design.
Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
Contribution to creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.
Writing functional specifications for design.
Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test, Test Harness).
Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.

Required Qualifications




Degree or higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience with 8+ years experience
Minimum 5+ years of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog
Robust all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components principles.
Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools (Quartus II, Libero SoC).
Energetic and proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.
High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.

Desired Qualifications
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.
Agile development practices e.g., Scrum
Scripting experience using Perl, Python
Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT
Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA
Power Electronics control system design.
Knowledge of HVDC

Additional Information
Relocation assistance provided: Yes

📌 Lead Fpga Firmware Engineer Hyderabad (India)
🏢 GE Vernova
📍 India