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# Senior FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** MASS Consultants
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £52,000 - £62,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Linux on Embedded Systems, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, MATLAB, Software Architecture, Signal Processing, Data Streaming, Systems Architecture, System on a Chip, SystemVerilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), SC Clearance, Bare Metal, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/senior-fpga-engineer/55228336

## About the Role

Strong experience developing FPGA-based DSP systems for real-time or RF-centric applications
Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and HDL Coder workflows
Experience deploying to Xilinx RFSoC and/or Intel FPGA platforms
Experience working with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, analysers)
Experience leading or mentoring engineers

Desirable experience
Embedded Linux or bare-metal C development
High-speed interfaces (AXI, JESD204, memory architectures)
Streaming data architectures and high-throughput signal handling
Experience within EW, radar or spectrum-related systems

Our non-negotiables
Due to the highly secure nature of the work, you must be:
A UK National
Eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government SC clearance ( Gov.uk guidance )

## Description

You'll lead the design and development of FPGA-based systems that sit within complex RF and signal processing chains.
Working closely with system engineers, software teams and domain specialists, you'll translate requirements into robust, high-performance implementations.
You'll:
Lead FPGA design, implementation and verification for RF signal processing and high-throughput systems
Develop on AMD/Xilinx RFSoC (Zynq UltraScale+) and Intel FPGA platforms (Agilex/Stratix)
Integrate with high-speed ADC/DAC interfaces and real-time data pipelines
Work across VHDL, SystemVerilog and MATLAB/Simulink HDL workflows
Support lab-based integration, test and evaluation using RF instrumentation
Contribute to architectural decisions and system-level design
Drive best practice in verification, documentation and design quality
Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers
Work directly with stakeholders to shape requirements and solutions
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The invaluable experience you'll bring, to help us achieve more
We're expecting that you've done this role before and are comfortable operating at both a technical and leadership level.