FPGA Engineer
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
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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