FPGA Engineer

Location: United Kingdom (please confirm specific location)

Salary: Competitive

Industry: Defence / Electronics

Overview of the role:

We are working with an established electronics and defence technology business with a strong portfolio of advanced hardware and software products. They are looking to hire an FPGA Engineer to take full ownership of FPGA development across their product range, spanning sectors including video processing, RF signal processing, and System-on-Chip architecture. This is a full-time, permanent position embedded within a close-knit FPGA and wider engineering team, collaborating directly with System and SoC architects, and reporting into the FPGA Engineering Manager.

Requirements

Essential:

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
• At least 5 years of substantive, hands-on experience in FPGA and digital design
• A proven and demonstrable track record in complex FPGA design and verification, with strong proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog
• A comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end FPGA development flow, including confident use of industry-standard toolchains such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, and ModelSim/QuestaSim
• Solid experience tackling high-speed digital design challenges, including timing closure and signal integrity
• The ability to produce clean, well-structured HDL code alongside clear and thorough technical documentation
• Working knowledge of TCL scripting and its application within FPGA development workflows
• Hands-on experience with System-on-Chip devices, such as Zynq UltraScale+, and a good understanding of embedded processing cores