About this role
Salary: £109,040 - 148,140 per year
Requirements: Strong experience with FPGA technologies such as Xilinx, Microsemi/Actel, or LatticeAdvanced verification experience using VHDL and/or SystemVerilog/UVMExpertise in timing constraints and FPGA optimisationAbility to derive detailed firmware requirements from system-level specificationsExperience across the full firmware lifecycle within structured standards such as DO-254 or similarHardware- and system-level debugging and integration experienceFamiliarity with Siemens EDA tools such as ModelSim, Questa, or HDL Designer (desirable)Experience with safety-critical standards such as IEC 61508 (desirable)Exposure to electro-optic or imaging systems (desirable) Responsibilities: Capture and manage firmware requirementsDesign, develop, and analyse FPGA-based firmware using VHDLProduce technical documentation and support design reviewsDevelop test, verification, and integration plansCollaborate with hardware and software engineers on system integrationModify and maintain existing firmware and test benchesSupport designs through structured development processes Technologies: EmbeddedFPGAFirmwareHardwareSupportSystemVerilogVHDL More:
We are seeking an experienced FPGA Firmware Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team working on advanced sensing and embedded systems. The role covers the product lifecycle from concept through to early production, focusing on high-speed FPGA and SoC development for complex embedded applications. It is a six-month contract with a possibility of extension, based primarily onsite in South East UK (approximately 90%). The contract is inside IR35, with a rate of £54.52 PAYE per hour or £74.07 Umbrella per hour.
last updated 41 week of 2026