FPGA Engineer

A fantastic opportunity has opened for an experienced FPGA Engineer to join a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary engineering team working on innovative cyber and information assurance technologies. You’ll contribute to the design, development, and testing of secure digital solutions used across critical communication and defence environments.

This role offers the chance to work on complex FPGA designs, combining industry-standard and custom interfaces, and to be involved across the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through to implementation, verification, and production.

Applicants must have, or be eligible to obtain, UK SC clearance.

What You’ll Be Doing As An FPGA Engineer

Own the FPGA solution from requirements through to development and production

Lead requirements elicitation and translate them into FPGA implementations

Define FPGA architecture in collaboration with the wider development team

Work with the Project Manager to plan, track and deliver against agreed schedules

Potentially coordinate other FPGA engineers on specific design activities

Interface with FPGA vendors and third-party IP suppliers

Develop test benches and perform system-level testing

Support proposal preparation, estimation activities, and contribute to technical white papers

What Experience Will You Need As An FPGA Engineer

Proven experience delivering FPGA designs through the full development lifecycle

Strong VHDL design and verification skills

Experience optimising designs for performance and power consumption

Hands-on experience integrating and debugging FPGA solutions in hardware

Familiarity with configuration management systems

Experience with Microchip devices and Libero (advantageous)

Verification experience using ModelSim/QuestaSim (UVM beneficial)

Desirable Experience For The FPGA Engineer

Requirements management using DOORs

SmartFusion, IGLOO or PolarFire devices

PCIe NVMe and FPGA-based implementations

Xilinx or Altera device/toolchain experience

Working with third-party IP cores

Design for security principles

Embedded firmware (C/C++/assembler)

Understanding of cryptographic standards and algorithms

Integration of FPGAs into wider hardware platforms

Why Join

You’ll be working with a highly skilled team solving challenging, meaningful engineering problems with real-world impact. Expect a collaborative culture, complex technical work, and the opportunity to grow your expertise across FPGA, embedded systems and secure digital design.

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