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Lead FPGA Engineer
Location: Berkshire, Onsite
Job Type: Permanent, Full time
Clearance: Eligibility for DV
Salary: Competitive + Bonus + DV allowance
We are working with a leading organisation in the defence and secure communications sector, and we’re looking for an experienced Principal FPGA Engineer to join their team.
This is a senior technical role where you’ll take ownership of FPGA/firmware development from requirements and architecture through to implementation, integration and verification, while providing technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers.
- Lead FPGA/firmware architecture, design, development and verification.
- Develop and review firmware requirements, designs and technical documentation.
- Provide technical leadership across complex engineering projects.
- Support design reviews and project planning.
- Mentor and develop less experienced engineers.
- Drive improvements to firmware development processes and best practice.
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What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience across the full FPGA/Firmware development lifecycle.
- Extensive VHDL experience.
- Experience with FPGA platforms such as Xilinx, Lattice, Altera/Intel or Microsemi.
- Strong knowledge of FPGA verification and EDA tools.
- Experience with digital hardware design and reading schematics.
- Knowledge of communications protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, TCP/IP and UDP.
- Experience working with structured engineering methodologies such as the V-Model.
- Strong technical leadership, problem-solving and communication skills.
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Benefits
- Annual bonus
- Private medical cover
- 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays
- Pension contribution
- 4x life assurance
- Flexible working
- Early Friday finish
- Flexible benefits package
- Security clearance allowance, where applicable
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