Full job descriptionSenior to Principal FPGA Engineer
Southampton, Hampshire (Hybrid Working)
SC Clearance Required or Eligibility to Obtain SC Clearance
We’re recruiting for Senior to Principal FPGA Engineers to join a highly capable engineering team working on advanced FPGA, embedded and real-time technology programmes within a secure and technically challenging environment.
This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects involving FPGA design, high-speed digital systems, signal processing and hardware/software integration, contributing throughout the full development lifecycle.
As a Senior or Principal FPGA Engineer, you’ll be responsible for the architecture, design, implementation and verification of FPGA-based solutions.
You’ll work closely with software, embedded, electronics, systems and verification teams whilst helping shape future technical direction and mentoring junior engineers where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities
• FPGA design and development using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog
• FPGA architecture and implementation
• FPGA verification and validation
• Hardware bring-up and integration
• High-speed digital design
• Hardware/software co-design activities
• Debugging and troubleshooting complex systems
• Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Contributing to technical reviews and design decisions
• Supporting projects throughout the full development lifecycle
Experience Required
*FPGA Design & Development
*VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog
*FPGA Verification
*Hardware Integration
*High-Speed Digital Design
*FPGA Toolchains (Vivado, Quartus or similar)
*Hardware Debugging & Troubleshooting
*Full Product Development Lifecycle Experience
*Understanding of Embedded Systems
Desirable Experience
• Xilinx, AMD, Intel (Altera) or SoC FPGA platforms
• Embedded Linux
• C/C++
• Signal Processing / DSP
• High-Speed Interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, JESD, Aurora, etc.)
• Video Processing Systems
• Communication Systems
• Defence, Aerospace, Telecommunications or Broadcast industries
• Modelsim / QuestaSim
• FPGA-based real-time systems


If you’re a Senior, Lead or Principal FPGA Engineer looking for your next challenge, I’d be pleased to arrange a confidential discussion.