FPGA Engineer

Gold Group
Filton, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Last week
£60 – £80 ph

Salary

£60 – £80 ph

Posted
9 Apr 2026 (Last week)

Job Title: FPGA Engineer

Location: Bristol - Hybrid 3+ days on-site per week

Role Type: Contract

Duration: 12 months

Rate: £60.00 - £80.00 per hour - Inside IR35

Our client, an established engineering consultancy, require an experienced FPGA Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team in Bristol.

The FPGA engineer would be responsible for design and development of FPGA designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog.

UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance.

Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage.

What the role of the FPGA Engineer entails:

The FPGA engineer would work closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGA solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems.

Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs

Documenting and recording deliverables

Verifying FPGA designs

Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control

Providing progress reportsWhat experience you need to be the successful FPGA Engineer:

At least 5 years' experience of developing FPGA using VHDL or Verilog

Experienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision

Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools

Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.

Independent verification using VHDL

Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools

A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software

Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities.

Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / Lead FPGA engineer & other disciplines

Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills

Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements

De-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware

and system level

Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations

Linux and scripting experience

Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a FPGA Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!

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