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# FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Salary:** £60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Communications Protocols, Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Signal Processing, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL)
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/26315

## About the Role

* A strong technical background with a 1st or 2.1 degree in electronics or closely related STEM subject from a well-respected university
 * Excellent design and debugging skills in digital electronics, FPGA and VHDL
 * Expertise in developing test harnesses for FPGA systems
 * Expertise in high-speed signal processing and low-level communications protocols.
 * Full existing right to work in the UK.

Knowledge of Xilinx FPGAs, Synplify, QuestaSim, Quartus II, and Xilinx ISE/EDK would be a bonus.

## Description

This is a great opportunity for an accomplished FPGA Engineer to join a friendly and successful Cambridge R&D team developing high-performance technologies for automotive, aerospace and marine applications. As an expert in FPGA and VHDL, you will work on solutions for a range of projects, with responsibility for design, development, and testing high-speed signal processing.


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