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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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