FPGA Engineer

Vantage Consulting
Livingston, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 135K

Job location

Livingston, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Systems Engineering
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Hardware Description Language
Radio-Frequency Identification
Software Requirements Analysis
System on a Chip
Vivado
SC Clearance

Job description

  • Translating system-level requirements into FPGA architectures
  • Writing and reviewing HDL (primarily AMD/Xilinx, Vivado toolchain)
  • DSP implementation within FPGA (filtering, modulation, detection, signal conditioning)
  • Developing and refining Plextek IP and internal FPGA processes
  • Supporting proposal writing, technical scoping, and estimates
  • Working on radar, communications, video, and sensing systems
  • Collaboration with hardware, software, RF, and systems engineers
  • Most development targets AMD (Xilinx) devices, often Zynq SoCs.

What matters most

Depth of DSP knowledge within FPGA is the main selection factor. Candidates without hands-on DSP implementation experience will not progress.

Requirements

  • Strong FPGA development experience (HDL + simulation/test)
  • Proven DSP implementation within FPGA
  • Ability to break down system requirements into workable technical solutions
  • Eligibility for UK Eyes / SC clearance

Beneficial

  • Experience in radar, communications, video, or RF systems
  • Consultancy or customer-facing engineering experience
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Benefits & conditions

Cambridge 70K - 75K Permanent

FPGA Engineer

Cambridge | £70,000-£75,000

We're partnered with an engineering consultancy working on advanced electronics systems used in the Defence, Space, Security and Industrial sectors. This role joins an established FPGA team delivering project-based work.

What you'll work on

You'll develop FPGA solutions for customer-led programmes, with a strong emphasis on DSP-heavy implementations., * Join a multidisciplinary consultancy team

  • Work spans multiple programmes, not a single product
  • Scope to influence technical direction, IP, and process
  • Opportunity to mentor junior engineers

Location & package

  • Based just south of Cambridge, with road and rail access
  • £70,000-£75,000
  • Career progression shaped by project exposure rather than fixed ladders
  • Support for professional development
  • Social and collaborative engineering culture
  • Clearance
  • UK Eyes eligibility required
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About the company

Senior RF Electronics EngineerCambridge area | £70,000-£75,000 base UK Eyes / SC eligibility requiredWe're partnered with an engineering consultancy working on advanced electronics systems used in the Defence, Space, Security and Industrial sectors....

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