FPGA Design Engineer

Codan Limited; Whiteley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ annual leave plus bank holida

Company pension with matching up to 9%

Company bonus scheme

Flexible core working hours

Annual pay reviews

Personal training and development

Income protection

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Modern working environment in Whiteley

onsite subsidised café

Job summary

Codan Limited in Whiteley, Hampshire, seeks an FPGA Design Engineer to develop FPGA solutions for embedded communications. You will work closely with software, electronics, RF and systems engineers to deliver robust FPGA-based functionality.

The role emphasises hands-on FPGA design in VHDL with cross-disciplinary collaboration across defence and government applications. A flexible, real-world engineering environment awaits your contribution.

Qualifications

• Hands-on FPGA design experience required.
• Strong VHDL skills required.
• Open to candidates from various industries; not all devices/products need prior experience.

Responsibilities

• Designing FPGA functionality in VHDL and verifying via simulation and real hardware.
• Integrating FPGA designs with processors, embedded software and other hardware.
• Collaborating with software, electronics, RF and systems engineers to deliver for product release.
• Investigating design and system-level issues during development and testing.
• Contributing to technical decisions from early design to product release.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Tools

Verilog

Job description

Title: FPGA Design Engineer
Date: 12 Oct 2026
Location: United Kingdom, Whiteley, Hampshire, GB

About Us

DTC | A Codan Company develops advanced wireless communication technology used in some of the world’s most demanding environments.

From software defined radios and high performance wireless networks to communications for defence, uncrewed systems, government and broadcast applications, our engineers work on complex products where FPGA, software, electronics and RF comes together.

We’re looking for an FPGA Engineer to join our engineering team in Whiteley. If you have strong FPGA design experience and are confident working in VHDL, we’d like to hear from you. We’re flexible about the industries, devices and tools you’ve worked with.

What You’ll Be Working On

You’ll develop FPGA solutions for our embedded communications products, working closely with engineers across software, electronics, RF and systems.

Your Work Will Include

• Designing and implementing FPGA functionality in VHDL
• Verifying designs through simulation and testing on real hardware
• Integrating FPGA designs with processors, embedded software and other hardware
• Investigating design and system level issues during development and testing
• Contributing to technical decisions from early design through to product release
• Improving and supporting FPGA designs in existing products

You’ll be able to see your designs running on physical products and understand how they contribute to the performance of the complete communication system.

What We’re Looking For

The two things we’re particularly interested in are hands-on FPGA design experience and strong VHDL skills.

Beyond that, we’re open minded. You might have worked in communications, defence or another field entirely. You don’t need experience with our specific devices, products or applications to be considered.

Useful, But Not Essential

Experience in any of these areas would be helpful, but none is a requirement:

• AMD/Xilinx devices or Vivado
• Verilog
• Digital signal processing, RF or software defined radio
• High speed data paths or real-time systems
• Embedded C/C++, Python or embedded Linux
• MATLAB or similar modelling tools
• Automated testing, CI/CD or source control
• Board level hardware, schematics or laboratory test equipment
• IP networking or secure development practices

If your strength is FPGA design in VHDL and you’re interested in applying it to wireless communications, we’d welcome your application even if much of this list is new to you.

Why DTC?

Interesting engineering

You’ll work on sophisticated wireless products alongside specialists in embedded software, electronics, RF and signal processing.

Real products, real impact

Your designs will run in communication systems used across defence, government, uncrewed platforms and broadcast applications around the world.

Room to develop

You’ll have opportunities to deepen your FPGA expertise and build knowledge in new areas of communications technology.

Benefits

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company pension with matching up to 9%
• Company bonus scheme
• Flexible core working hours
• Annual pay reviews
• Personal training and development
• Income protection
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Modern working environment in Whiteley
• Onsite subsidised café

You’ll also be joining a global organisation with engineering and technology teams across the UK, USA, Denmark, Singapore, Dubai and Australia.

Security Clearance

Successful applicants will need to be willing and eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.