Embedded Systems Design Engineer (FPGA / DSP)

Cirrus Selection; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension 14%

Overtime pay

Job summary

Cirrus Selection in Stevenage seeks an Embedded Systems Design Engineer (FPGA/DSP) to develop high‑assurance digital systems across FPGA firmware, embedded C/C++, and SoC architectures.

You’ll work from early architectural decisions through lab prove‑out, balancing hardware and software in DSP workloads, with multidisciplinary teams and a route to technical leadership. The role offers a competitive salary, a 14% pension, overtime and bonus potential.

Qualifications

• Experience in FPGA design and embedded software development.
• Embedded C/C++ on constrained platforms with DSP workloads.
• Knowledge of SoC architectures and hardware/software partitioning.
• Security clearance requires British citizenship or dual national status.

Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA firmware and integrate embedded software with hardware.
• Model performance, latency, and bandwidth for systems.
• Participate in decisions on what goes into FPGA vs software.
• Lead or contribute to lab bring-up and system prove-out.

Skills

FPGA design

Embedded C/C++

SoC architectures

DSP applications

Image processing

System integration

Tools

Xilinx

Intel

TI

Analog Devices

Job description

Embedded Systems Design Engineer (FPGA / DSP)

Based in Stevenage

Salaries between £40,000–£60,000 DOE + Bonus, 14% Pension, Overtime

If you’re happiest working at the boundary between FPGA fabric and embedded software, this will feel familiar.

This role focuses on complex embedded digital systems, where partitioning between software and programmable logic is a real design decision, not an afterthought.

You’ll work across:

• FPGA / firmware development
• Embedded C/C++ on constrained platforms
• SoC architectures
• High-throughput DSP applications
• Image processing and Software Defined Radio
• Hardware bring-up and on-target integration

A big part of the role is system-level thinking. Modelling performance, understanding latency and bandwidth constraints, balancing what belongs in FPGA fabric versus software, and validating those decisions during integration.

The portfolio ranges from advanced DSP systems through to safety and security critical embedded platforms, using devices from Xilinx, Intel, TI and Analog Devices. You’ll be involved from early architectural decisions through to lab integration and system prove‑out.

This isn’t siloed engineering. You’ll sit in a multidisciplinary team working alongside hardware, systems and software engineers, with the opportunity to grow either technically or into a technical lead position over time.

You’ll likely have experience in one or more of:

• Digital hardware or FPGA design
• Embedded software development
• Partitioning functions across FPGA and CPU domains
• Integration and test of embedded systems on real hardware

British citizenship or being a Dual national with British citizenship is required for security clearance.

If you enjoy solving hard embedded problems and seeing the full system come together on hardware, this is worth a discussion.