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# Senior FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** Chapman Tate Associates
- **Location:** Southampton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £60,000.0 - £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Digital Technology, Linux on Embedded Systems, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Hardware Design, PCI Express, Systems Development Life Cycle, Signal Processing, SystemVerilog, Systems Integration, Toolchain, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Video Editing, Vivado, Real Time Systems, ModelSim, Hardware Debugging
- **Published:** October 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-fpga-engineer/57421453

## About the Role

* FPGA Design & Development
 * VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog
 * FPGA Verification
 * Hardware Integration
 * High-Speed Digital Design
 * FPGA Toolchains (Vivado, Quartus or similar)
 * Hardware Debugging & Troubleshooting
 * Full Product Development Lifecycle Experience
 * Understanding of Embedded Systems

Desirable Experience

 * Xilinx, AMD, Intel (Altera) or SoC FPGA platforms

 * Embedded Linux

 * C/C++

 * Signal Processing / DSP

 * High-Speed Interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, JESD, Aurora, etc.)

 * Video Processing Systems

 * Communication Systems

 * Defence, Aerospace, Telecommunications or Broadcast industries

 * Modelsim / QuestaSim

 * FPGA-based real-time systems

If you're a Senior, Lead or Principal FPGA Engineer looking for your next challenge, I'd be pleased to arrange a confidential discussion.
Skills

 * FPGA Design (Xilinx/Altera)
 * FPGA Design and Development
 * Verilog & VHDL (HDL)

## Description

We're recruiting for Senior to Principal FPGA Engineers to join a highly capable engineering team working on advanced FPGA, embedded and real-time technology programmes within a secure and technically challenging environment.

This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects involving FPGA design, high-speed digital systems, signal processing and hardware/software integration, contributing throughout the full development lifecycle.

As a Senior or Principal FPGA Engineer, you'll be responsible for the architecture, design, implementation and verification of FPGA-based solutions.

You'll work closely with software, embedded, electronics, systems and verification teams whilst helping shape future technical direction and mentoring junior engineers where appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

 * FPGA design and development using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog

 * FPGA architecture and implementation

 * FPGA verification and validation

 * Hardware bring-up and integration

 * High-speed digital design

 * Hardware/software co-design activities

 * Debugging and troubleshooting complex systems

 * Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams

 * Contributing to technical reviews and design decisions

 * Supporting projects throughout the full development lifecycle