Archangel Lightworks is a connectivity company building wireless technology to create the space-enabled networks of the future. We’re passionate about improving humanity’s communications infrastructure and solving some of Earth’s most critical problems from economic inclusion to climate change. Our start-up is a fast-paced and supportive environment, where you can make your mark as part of a growing team and work on the cutting-edge of innovation.
We’re looking for a contract FPGA engineer with experience in optical communications to provide support for a specific project. The role will include the development of FPGA code for a high-speed optical comms demonstrator system, and the testing of the integration and performance of this system
Requirements:
- HDL code development and IP block integration, particularly for comms and networking protocols
- FPGA development for high-speed comms, including interfacing with Gigabit transceivers
- Experience of high-speed optical comms and associated hardware, including SFP+ / QSFP / CFP transceivers.
- Communications protocols, including forward error correction
- Experience developing with Xilinx FPGAs, and use of the Vivado/Vitis toolchain
- Writing test software to interact with the system during testing and configuration
- Use of network test equipment, experience handling optical fibers, general lab test equipment.
- Documentation of the design to support future extensions
Location: Hybrid. Our office is based in Osney Mead, Oxford. Expectation is at least 1 day a week on site in general, and that integration and test work will need to be performed on site, as needed.