Senior FPGA Engineer

Portchester
8 months ago
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This position is perfect for an FPGA Engineer focused on innovation. You will be ahead of industry trends, collaborating with leading semiconductor companies and top engineers on challenging projects. In this small company, there's no micromanagement—just a focus on great work. Attend meetings when needed, but you have the freedom to design solutions your way. If you enjoy solving complex problems independently, this role offers flexibility and autonomy.
This FPGA Engineer role is primarily work from home, with required initial training and occasional visits to the company's office in Port Solent. These visits will focus on working with Hardware Engineers during hardware bring-up, testing, and debugging, while collaborating daily with an existing team of four FPGA engineers.
Despite being very well-established and highly successful, they maintain a small business atmosphere with a start-up culture.
Senior FPGA Engineer essential requirements

  • At least 5+ years relevant FPGA experience
  • Good understanding of the PCIe spec OR very experienced designer of FPGA cores.
  • Familiarity with Verilog, System Verilog
    Senior FPGA Engineer desirable skills
  • High-speed protocols – Ethernet, PCIe, USB, NVMe, CXL etc
  • C/C++. Linux, Bash, Python, VHDL, tcl
  • Jira, Git
  • VHDL
  • High speed transceivers
  • Memory controllers
  • PCB Layout

Position: Senior FPGA Engineer<br /> Location: WFH within reach of Portsmouth<br /> Salary: £60-95k<br /> Benefits: Bonus, Pension, Healthcare<br /> Key Skills: FPGA design, Verilog<br /> Apply: jamie AT enterpriserecruitment DOT com

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