Firmware Engineer

Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for Firmware Engineer on a 12 month contract based in Stafford  

This Position is inside IR35

Responsibilities of the Firmware Engineer

• Study requirement specifications to understand verification requirements.
• Creating verification plans and reviewing these with designers.
• Development of verification matrices to ensure coverage of requirements.
• Writing the tests outlined in test plan.
• Model based simulation verification using Simulink.
• Preferable experience with Simulink Test Manager.
• Reporting Model/Design bugs and supporting designers to resolve bugs.
• Model coverage analysis and closure.

Requirements of the Firmware Engineer

• Significant Experience in front-end simulation verification of the Firmware/RTL Logic for FPGA and ASIC.
• Simulation experience preferably with Mentor Graphics ModelSim/Questa
• Experience with Test Bench development (Stimuli and Checkers) using Verilog/VHDL
• Simulink Model based Design and Verification
• Experience with Simulink Tests and Simulink Test Manager.
• Experience in developing Test plans and Test cases to ensure the coverage of requirements.
• Nice to have experience the use of System Verilog for verification.
• Nice to have experience with UVM/VMM/OVM Frameworks.
• Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT.
• Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA.
• Nice to have scripting experience-using Perl, Python.
• Nice to have Power Electronics control system design.
• Knowledge of HVDC.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.