Electronic FPGA Engineer

Platform Recruitment; Cambridge; Sur place; GBP 65 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Platform Recruitment is seeking an Electronic FPGA Engineer in Cambridge to join a collaborative engineering culture. You will design FPGA logic in VHDL for Xilinx Artix-7 devices using Vivado and develop FSMs to control hardware interfaces.

You will also implement I2C/SPI drivers, write self-checking test benches, perform simulations, and bring-up hardware in lab settings, ensuring timing closure and robust documentation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong hands-on VHDL experience for FPGA design and verification.
• 3+ years FPGA development in a product or R&D environment.

Responsabilités

• Design FPGA logic in VHDL for Xilinx Artix-7 devices using Vivado.
• Develop finite state machines to control hardware interfaces.
• Create low-level driver logic for I2C, SPI and other serial interfaces.
• Write self-checking test benches and run simulations.
• Perform hardware bring-up, lab testing, measurements, and debugging.
• Manage constraints, clocking, resets, and CDC analysis for timing closure.
• Contribute to requirements, architecture design and module specs.
• Maintain configuration management, documentation and traceability.

Connaissances

VHDL

FPGA design

I2C/SPI interfaces

Timing constraints

CDC/metastability

Lab testing

Formation

Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering or related

Outils

Vivado

Xilinx Artix-7

Description du poste

Electronic FPGA Engineer | Salary DOE | Cambridge |

Join an innovative technology company designing advanced FPGA-based products within a collaborative, entrepreneurial engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement FPGA logic in VHDL for Xilinx Artix-7 devices using Vivado
• Develop finite state machines to control and sequence hardware interfaces
• Create low-level driver logic for I²C, SPI, and other serial interfaces, including initialisation and error handling
• Write self-checking test benches and conduct functional and timing simulations
• Perform hardware bring-up, lab testing, measurements, and iterative debug
• Manage constraints, clocking, resets, and CDC analysis to achieve timing closure
• Contribute to requirements capture, architecture design, and module specifications
• Maintain configuration management, documentation, and traceability

Requirements

• Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
• Strong hands‑on VHDL experience for FPGA design and verification
• Proven experience with Xilinx Artix‑7 and Vivado (constraints, synthesis, place & route, timing closure, bitstream generation)
• Experience with I²C, SPI, and low‑level embedded interfaces
• Understanding of timing constraints, CDC, metastability, and synchronous design
• 3+ years' FPGA development within a product or R&D environment

Advantageous

• PCB‑level considerations and signal integrity knowledge
• Scripting with Tcl/Python for design flow automation
• Familiarity with version control (SVN)