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Contract Senior Firmware Engineer

Job Posted: 6 hours ago

Salary: £ 550 - 700 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: Reading, Berkshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Contract Senior Firmware Engineer – FPGA / Firmware / Signal Processing – Reading – Hybrid – Outside IR35

We’re supporting a growing engineering team who need an experienced Senior Firmware Engineer on a long-term contract. You’ll be working on complex FPGA and signal processing firmware, with 2–3 days a week on-site in Reading. The project is expected to run for around 12 months and sits outside IR35.

Please note that you must be eligible for SC Clearance for this contract (though you do not need to already be SC Cleared)

What you’ll be doing:

  * Develop FPGA firmware to industry standards, including signal processing blocks, high-speed interfaces, and glue logic

  * Build testbenches, verify designs, and work across large FPGAs, SoCs, and PLDs

  * Test firmware on hardware and support system-level integration

  * Plan work with the team lead and deliver against agreed milestones

  * Contribute to code reviews and day-to-day firmware team activities

What we’re looking for:

  * Strong background in FPGA architecture design

  * Experience with DSP design and signal processing (RF, ADCs, DACs)

  * Hands-on digital logic design at RTL level

  * VHDL or Verilog exposure in a commercial environment

  * Experience with Xilinx toolchains is a bonus (Vivado, Vitis, Petalinux)

Details:
Start: ASAP

Location: Reading / Hybrid

Duration: 12 months

Rate: £550–700 per day (depending on experience), Outside IR35

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