Principle firmware engineer Job in Staffordshire, Midlands UK
Job Description:
Principle firmware engineer (Controls)
Location - Stafford
Salary - £40000.00
ALSTOM GRID UK Ltd - Power Electronics HVDC and FACTS,Staffordis an international leader in Power Electronics and Control Technology, specialising in the engineering of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission Systems, Static VAR Compensators (SVC) and other FACTS Systems for power utilities worldwide.
The Role
- Capture requirements, Design, Implement and Test Control System Software and Firmware Modules
- Technical supervision and coaching of less experienced engineers
- Lead in "Best practice" in development methods
- Present technical solutions to the management team and non-technical business leaders
- Deliver validated solutions to agreed timescales
- Represent the business in technical discussions with customers and suppliers
- Effective collaboration with other engineering disciplines and team members
- Reviewing other team members work and providing feedback
- Fault finding, analysis and documentation
The Person
Technical Skills Essential experience
- Proven experience of FPGA development using Handel-C, VHDL or Verilog
- Flexible working - Comfortable working in both rapid development environments and formal methods environments
- Experienced in Systems Deployment from Matlab, Simulink and Stateflow
- Both Optical and Electrical Communication Protocols
- Working knowledge of well-designed Layered System Design
- Understands the value of, and is able to produce, High quality Documentation
- Background in Data Telecoms Communications
- Version Control - Subversion, ClearCase, Synergy or similar
- Comfortable technically leading others
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Excellent communicator
- Able to effectively present ideas and persuade others
- Self Motivated and driven
- Good team player
- Interested in new advances in technology
- Interested in and able to communicate with other Engineering Disciplines
- Comfortable taking responsibility and ownership
- Able to quickly learn and self teach new skills and technology
- Maintains a constructive positive attitude in challenging situations
- Operates effectively under pressure and delivers to agreed timescales
2:1 Bachelor's Degree in relevant subject area or vocational qualifications and extensive relevant experience
- Masters or PhD in relevant subject area
- Working knowledge of Safety / Mission Critical Design
- Subversion Version Control
- Process Improvement Experience
- Awareness of Control Theory
- Fluent in French
Advantage Technical Resourcing is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
April 17, 2010
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