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FPGA Design Engineer

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An FPGA Design Engineer with extensive experience using Xilinx design tools is sought by a leading name in surveillance and sensor systems design. Generous salary on offer depending on experience, with Hybrid working available.
As part of a small, multidisciplinary team, you will take responsibility for Digital Signal Processing; undertaking modelling, coding, verification and testing of new FPGA designs for the very latest radar products. You will design and develop FPGA code (VHDL or Verilog) using Xilinx design tools as well as taking the lead on field trails of signal processing performance.
Skills and Experience for the FPGA Design Engineer should include:

  • A Technical Degree.
  • Proven commercial FPGA development using Xilinx design tools such as Vivado.
  • Experience implementing signal processing algorithms.
  • An understanding of the design of high-speed digital circuits for real-time systems.
  • Experience of both design verification and hardware testing.
  • Some software design using C/C++, Python or Rust.
    What would make your application stand out is any exposure to radar, sonar or similar sensor systems.
    You must be fully eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship
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