Firmware, Hardware and Embedded Software Engineer needed at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

About the job:

• The CSIR has a vacancy for a Firmware, Hardware and Embedded Software Engineer in the Radar and Electronic Warfare Impact Area. The incumbent will be responsible to develop world-class high-speed digital hardware, firmware and embedded software. The position is in Pretoria and will report to the Research Group Leader.

Key responsibilities:

The successful candidate would be involved in the development of electronic modules and sub-systems. This will include, amongst others, the following:

Interpretation of requirements and specifications:

• Interpret user requirement
• Generate detailed item development specifications, acceptance test plans and
• Generate acceptance test plans and reports

Digital and Analogue design

• Participate in complex high-speed digital and high-bandwidth analogue design;
• Develop codes for programmable logic using VHDL;
• Conduct simulations to verify design functions both for firmware and electronic designs;
• Do schematic capture

Debugging and Verification

• Debug designs using state-of-the-art equipment;
• Conduct formal functional verification and formal acceptance testing;
• Participate in system and sub-system integration;
• Complete acceptance test reports.

Generation of data pack and design documentation

• Generate manufacturing data pack and design documentation;
• Capture data into data management system.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• A Bachelor of Engineering in electronic engineering with at least two years’ experience in firmware development .
• A Master’s degree with at least one year experience in firmware development .

Candidate must have experience in the following:

• FPGA development using either Vivado or Quartus environments.
• VHDL Firmware development of complex systems, Verilog experience would be considered an additional advantage.
• Design and set to work of high-speed digital and mixed signal PC Boards.
• Debugging of hardware.
• Proven capability of document preparation.
• Must be comfortable working in Linux environments and navigating command-line interfaces.