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Salary: £60,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements: Strong commercial experience developing FPGA solutions using VHDL and/or Verilog.Hands-on experience with FPGA toolchains such as Xilinx Vivado and/or Intel Quartus.Demonstrable experience delivering FPGA designs from specification through to implementation.Degree qualified in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.Active SC Clearance or eligibility for SC Clearance is required.Existing DV Clearance would be a significant advantage.Desirable: experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and system modelling using MATLAB or Simulink.Desirable: embedded software development in C/C++ within Linux environments.Desirable: experience of communications systems, software-defined radio (SDR), radar, or other RF technologies.Ability to work independently while collaborating within a multidisciplinary engineering team. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and implement FPGA firmware using VHDL and/or Verilog.Support the full FPGA development lifecycle, including architecture, implementation, simulation, and verification.Collaborate with hardware, software, and systems engineers to integrate FPGA solutions into complex products.Contribute to the development of prototype systems for technically challenging applications.Assist with testing, debugging, and optimisation of FPGA designs. Technologies: EmbeddedFPGAFirmwareHardwareSupportLinuxMatlabVerilogVHDL More:
We are offering an exciting 6-month contract opportunity for an experienced FPGA Engineer to join our innovative engineering team in Cambridge, working on cutting-edge technology projects within the defence and secure communications sector. This is an on-site role with a competitive rate dependent on experience and is outside IR35. You will work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop high-performance hardware solutions from initial concept through to prototype and testing.
last updated 31 week of 2026