FPGA Design Engineer

Advantage Resourcing UK Ltd; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 102,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

World Class Defence Organisation is seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer to support a growing portfolio of complex FPGA projects. The role involves design, verification, and integration across Xilinx, Intel or Microsemi devices, with a focus on VHDL and SystemVerilog methodologies.

The position requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary team, and candidates should have strong documentation practices.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified (or equivalent) with FPGA experience.
• Strong VHDL design skills.
• Verification skills using VHDL and SystemVerilog.
• Experience designing for Xilinx, Intel or Microsemi FPGAs.
• Experience documenting designs and working in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Generate complex FPGA architectures and designs for various devices.
• Verify FPGA implementations using VHDL and SystemVerilog test benches.
• Use QuestaSim/ModelSim and other Mentor tools for verification.
• Develop low-level software (C) to support FPGA testing and integration.
• Document designs to a high professional standard.
• Collaborate as part of a multidiscipline team to deliver projects.

Skills

VHDL

SystemVerilog

FPGA design

Education

Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent

Tools

QuestaSim

ModelSim

Simulink

C

Job description

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 3x FPGA Design Engineer Subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract.

Rate: £90.00 per hour

Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at time and a quarter

Location: Stevenage or Bristol depending on your preference

Hybrid / Remote working: 3 days min on site, other 2 remote. However, at times, there could be requirement for fully on site (depending on workload)

Duration: 12 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.

IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)

Interview process: One stage video interview

FPGA Design Engineer

For this role, we are seeking an experienced FPGA design and verification engineer (~4+ years), to support the development of our growing portfolio of complex FPGA projects. The current portfolio ranges from advanced signal processing systems (ImageRadio), core embedded processing systems, through to safety & security critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Generating complex FPGA architectures and design implementations (VHDL, Simulink etc), targeting Xilinx, Intel, Microsemi devices.
• Verifying complex FPGA implementations using VHDL and System VerilogUVM test-bench methodologies.
• Using FPGA design toolsets and Mentor verification tools (QuestaSim & ModelSim).
• Generating low-level software (C) to facilitate FPGA test and integration with the wider embedded system.
• Configuring and Documenting designs to a high professional standard.
• Working as part of a multidiscipline team to deliver complex FPGA based projects.

Skillset/experience required

• Ideally we are looking for candidates that are degree qualified (or equivalent) with significant experience in FPGA development.
• Competent VHDL Language and Design Skills.
• Competent Verification Skills using VHDL and SystemVerilog methodologies
• A deep proven level of experience designing for Xilinx, Intel or Microsemi FPGAs
• Experience of professionally configuring and documenting designs
• Experience of working as part of a large multidiscipline team