Firmware Engineer

Intelligent. Dynamic. Resilient.

Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has been defending the world's most critical data and networks against the most complex cyber threats imaginable for more than 25 years. As trailblazers in defense-grade, high assurance cyber security, we have been leading the way in developing and delivering innovative cyber security technology. We protect data wherever it resides.

Job Title: Firmware Engineer

Reporting line: Lead Firmware Engineer

Primary Work Location: Waterloo, London (hybrid, 2 days a week)

Our working culture

We are an exciting SME with ground-breaking technology; a very serious mission to solve real world problems, but with a positive and highly inclusive atmosphere, and an excellent work/life balance!

At Everfox we celebrate diversity and inclusion, and we're focused on continuously improving equality for the benefit of our employees, products and community. We recruit, develop and retain talent purely on the basis of qualifications, merit and business needs.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we take every possible step to ensure that every person employed or seeking employment with us receives fair treatment.

Employee Benefits

• 25 days holiday allowance per year (with the opportunity to purchase more)
• Flexible bank holidays
• Pension scheme of up to 8% base salary (matching employee contribution)
• Education reimbursement program of up to £4,000
• Hybrid working allowance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Perkbox discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance and group income protection
• Daily fruit, breakfast and drinks in our offices

Position Summary

Everfox is seeking a capable and experienced Firmware Engineer, who will contribute to developing dozens of unique FPGA designs across several cross-domain product lines. You'll work with a range of technologies, and your code will be helping to secure some of the world's largest enterprise and government organisations.

Due to sensitive customer requirements, applicants should be eligible for UK government security clearance, and willing to go through the process if required.

Key Responsibilities

• Taking new designs through the full engineering lifecycle for FPGA firmware development (design, implementation, test, integration, and support).
• Adding new functionality to existing designs.
• Contributing to the evolution of Everfox's engineering methods, processes and culture.
• Recognising the industry that Everfox operates in, and appreciating the importance of following our information security policies.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

You'll be perfect for the role if you have the following technical experience/skills:

• Strong commercial experience of developing firmware for FPGAs.
• Demonstrable skills in mentoring/coaching other Engineers with less experience.
• Collaborative approach with excellent interpersonal skills, able to work effectively both as part of a team and individually.
• Eligibility for UK government security clearance.

Ideally you will have familiarity with the following technologies:

• RTL FPGA development in VHDL.
• Programming in Python and C/C++.
• Network packet processing and network protocols (ethernet, IP, UDP, TCP )
• Cryptographic algorithms, implementations and applications in FPGAs.
• Linux driver development.
• Managing/undertaking development using agile techniques.

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is: £43,200.00-52,800.00 GBP

The actual salary offered may vary within the range based on a candidates' unique experience, locale, and business needs.