FPGA Firmware Engineer

Are you an FPGA Engineer who enjoys solving real-world engineering challenges rather than working exclusively on firmware?

We’re supporting a growing technology business that is expanding its FPGA product range as existing products approach end-of-life. This is a rare opportunity to join a small, highly collaborative engineering team where you’ll play a key role in the development of next-generation FPGA-based products and help strengthen the company’s in-house FPGA capability.

This is a broad engineering role that combines FPGA development, hardware troubleshooting, system-level thinking and hands-on problem solving. You’ll be involved throughout the product lifecycle, from development and testing through to fault-finding and product improvement.

Why Join Our Client?

• Play a key role in expanding a new generation of FPGA-based products.
• Join a growing engineering business with ambitious plans for future development.
• Work on challenging projects involving high-speed data acquisition and processing.
• Gain exposure across firmware, hardware, testing and system-level design.
• Be part of a close-knit team where your technical input has a direct impact.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop FPGA firmware solutions using VHDL.
• Develop high-speed data acquisition, processing and storage systems.
• Work on multichannel ADC sampling applications operating above 1GHz.
• Develop and maintain communication interfaces including USB, Ethernet and SPI.
• Analyse schematics, PCB layouts and physical hardware to diagnose issues.
• Debug and optimise both FPGA firmware and electronic hardware.
• Develop simple software tools and scripts to support testing, validation and automation.
• Support end-to-end system and board-level design activities.
• Select components and contribute to technical design decisions.
• Collaborate with a small engineering team to develop innovative products and solutions.

• Strong FPGA development experience.
• Excellent VHDL knowledge.
• Experience with Xilinx devices and toolchains would be highly advantageous.
• Ability to work confidently across both firmware and hardware environments.
• Experience analysing schematics, PCB designs and electronic systems.
• Strong fault-finding and debugging skills.
• Understanding of high-speed data acquisition and processing systems.
• Experience with communication protocols such as USB, Ethernet and SPI.
• Basic software or scripting experience for test and validation activities.
• A proactive engineer who enjoys taking ownership of technical challenges and delivering practical solutions.

Desirable Skills

• Degree in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.
• RF or low-noise electronics experience.
• Experience with multichannel ADC systems.
• Knowledge of real-time processing architectures.
• Exposure to PCB design tools and board-level electronics.
• Experience developing automated test tools or engineering utilities.

If you’re an FPGA Engineer who enjoys combining firmware development with hands-on hardware troubleshooting, system design and technical problem-solving, we’d love to hear from you.