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# FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** Gold Group
- **Location:** Basildon, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £55,000.0 - £80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Configuration Management, Software Debugging, Linux, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Requirements Management, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Scripting, Fpga Hardware, ModelSim, SC Clearance, Mentor Graphics, Physical Design, Software Version Control
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.goldgroup.co.uk/job/fpga-engineer-6038729/apply

## About the Role

* At least 5 years' experience of developing FPGA using VHDL or Verilog
 * Experienced with Mentor Graphics FPGA development tools including HDL Designer, ModelSim / Questa and Precision
 * Familiar with Xilinx / Intel (Altera) / Microsemi (Actel) design flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus) and third-party synthesis tools
 * Experience in specifying timing and area constraints for efficient FPGA Place and Route.
 * Independent verification using VHDL
 * Experience of FPGA requirements capture and requirements management tools
 * A good understanding of FPGA version control and revision control software
 * Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities.
 * Ability to coordinate day to day technical activities, liaising closely with the Project Engineering Lead / Lead FPGA engineer & other disciplines
 * Excellent communication (oral & written) & interpersonal skills
 * Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements
 * De-bugging FPGA designs and supporting integration & verification at hardware
 * and system level
 * Experience with High-Speed Serial protocols and implementations
 * Linux and scripting experience
 * Experience in writing technical reports/ documentation

## Description

The FPGA engineer would be responsible for design and development of FPGA designs using VHDL and verifying designs using VHDL or System Verilog., The FPGA engineer would work closely with Systems, Hardware and Software teams to provide FPGA solutions and solve integration problems on complex systems.

 * Creating innovative and robust VHDL-based designs
 * Documenting and recording deliverables
 * Verifying FPGA designs
 * Ensuring configuration management/keeping designs under revision control
 * Providing progress reports


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