Principal Engineer - FPGA Design & Verification

Location: Bangalore - Indraprastha, IndiaIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

Principal Engineer: FPGA Firmware Design and verification

Thales India Engineering Competency Center in Bangalore is seeking a Principal Engineer of FPGA firmware. In this role you will be responsible for developing FPGA firmware, RTL design, testing in the virtual environment and in the target hardware for Defense and Military applications. You also perform trade analysis of different algorithms, design approaches, engineering simulations & modeling before finalizing the design.

Qualifications: B.Tech in Electronics & Communication or Electrical engineering or equivalent with 12+ years of relevant experience. Higher qualifications of Post-graduation and PhD are desirable. Working experience in Defense products development is desirable

Job Responsibilities:

• RTL Design, Implementation, Testing, Integration and delivery of FPGA based hardware systems for Defense Applications.
• Expertise in Requirements Capture, developing Design Specification, detailed design & other technical artefacts.
• Hands on VHDL language.
• Experience in implementing FPGA code on the target hardware & testing with other system components and software.
• Good Hands on Linting, Equivalence Checking & Clock Domain Crossing.
• Experience in any scripting language for automation (Perl/TCL/Python).
• Experience in developing test harnesses to verify developed items using self-checking test benches, BFMs, checkers/Monitors & Score boards using VHDL.
• Release of developed items in accordance with configuration control procedures.
• Provide progress/technical updates to the project manager.
• Provide project schedule estimates and technical risk identification.
• Contribute to peer design reviews (PDR, CDR, FDR)
• Good knowledge in DOORS (Requirement Management)
• Good Knowledge in DO-254.

Minimum Skills/Experience:

• Degree qualified in electrical/electronic engineering with minimum 5 years of experience in FPGA Design & Verification.
• Preferred candidate has experience in FPGA development for Defense/Avionics Applications.
• Experience in FPGA Implementation Tools ( XILINX Vivado/ALTERA Libero SoC/NanoXplore Xmap, Xpython/Altera Quartus).
• Good Experience in Mentor Graphics tools (HDL Designer, Questasim, Quest CDC, and Formal Pro).
• Experience in handling Lab equipment (Logic Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Function Generators, JTAG, and In-circuit de-buggers). At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!