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Octagon Group

Senior FPGA Engineer

Watford
£80k – £95k/yr
Posted about 22 hours ago
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🚀 Senior FPGA Engineer | Watford, Hertfordshire | Hybrid

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An exciting opportunity for a Senior FPGA Engineer to join a growing engineering business developing advanced digital RF and satellite communications technology used worldwide.

This is a senior, hands-on role where you’ll lead the architecture and development of complex FPGA solutions for digital IF and signal-processing applications, while influencing technical direction and mentoring other engineers.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Leading FPGA architecture, design, and implementation
  • Developing maintainable VHDL or Verilog code and verification environments
  • Managing simulation, synthesis, timing closure, and hardware validation
  • Supporting FPGA hardware bring-up and system integration
  • Working across hardware, software, systems, and test teams
  • Improving Linux-based development, scripting, and build automation

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  • Strong FPGA design and verification experience
  • Background in digital signal processing, digital IF, SDR, or communications systems
  • Experience across HDL development, simulation, synthesis, and timing closure
  • Strong Linux, scripting, and automation skills
  • The ability to provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on

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Experience with RFSoC, MPSoC, Python, C/C++, or modern FPGA verification tools would be beneficial.

📍 Watford, Hertfordshire

🏠 Hybrid working

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Skills

FPGA Architecture
VHDL
Verilog
Digital Signal Processing
Digital IF
SDR
Timing Closure
Linux
Scripting
Automation
RFSoC
MPSoC
Python
C/C++
Hardware Validation
System Integration

Location

Watford, England, United Kingdom

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