Randstad
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Engineer
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FPGA Engineer
📍 Location: Hybrid (2 to 3 days per week in our Reading office)
⏳ Contract Length: 6 Months
💰 Rate: £400/day outside IR35
We aren't just theorising about the future; we are actively building it. Born from a philosophy of bold innovation, we have successfully transitioned groundbreaking quantum technology from an academic dream into a commercial reality.
🛠️ The Role
As an FPGA Engineer, you will be a driving force behind designing, implementing, and verifying FPGA solutions for high-performance microwave and control applications. Working hand-in-hand with our Embedded Software, Firmware, and Hardware Engineers, you will help deliver the robust, scalable, and maintainable FPGA architectures that power our cutting-edge computing platforms. ⚡
💻 What You'll Be Working On
- Design & Verification: Create and verify complex FPGA logic using SystemVerilog for high-performance hardware applications.
- Pipeline Development: Build scalable RTL, high-speed interfaces, and DSP pipelines for ADCs, DACs, memory devices, and RF SoC platforms. 📡
- System Optimisation: Fine-tune FPGA designs for deterministic timing, timing closure, multi-clock domain synchronisation, and optimal resource utilisation. ⏱️
- Lab Integration: Perform rigorous FPGA verification, laboratory debugging, integration, and system-level validation against technical requirements. 🔬
- Interface Definition: Establish communication, synchronisation, and data transfer interfaces across distributed hardware systems. 🔗
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work seamlessly with internal engineering teams while supporting supplier and external development activities as needed. 🤝
- Documentation: Produce crystal-clear FPGA architecture, interface, and implementation documentation to ensure traceability and long-term maintainability. 📝
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🎯 What We're Looking For
- 💼 Proven commercial experience delivering complex FPGA design, verification, and integration projects.
- ⌨️ Strong development expertise using SystemVerilog for advanced FPGA applications.
- 🔌 Hands-on experience developing high-speed ADC, DAC, and memory interfaces.
- 🕰️ Deep expertise in deterministic timing, multi-clock domain design, and synchronisation.
- 🏗️ Solid understanding of FPGA architecture, RTL development, and rigorous verification methodologies.
- 📊 A strong background in timing analysis, constraint definition, and achieving timing closure.
- 🧮 Experience implementing DSP algorithms on FPGA platforms, alongside modelling experience using MATLAB or Simulink.
- 📻 Practical experience working with RF SoC platforms and high-speed digital data transfer architectures.
- 🖥️ Proficiency with Intel/Altera Quartus.
- 🎛️ Hands-on laboratory debugging skills utilizing oscilloscopes and spectrum analysers.
- 🧠 Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and code review capabilities.
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🌟 The 'Nice-to-Haves'
- 🌊 Previous experience working on RF, microwave, or other high-performance digital systems.
- 🌐 Familiarity with distributed hardware systems and seamless hardware/software integration.
- 📋 Experience guiding supplier engagements or managing outsourced engineering activities.
- 📚 A strong track record of producing high-quality engineering documentation to support long-term product maintenance.
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