FPGA Development Engineer - Onsite 4 Days, Secure Design

Holt Executive Ltd; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Holt Executive Ltd. is seeking an experienced FPGA Development Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in Farnborough.

You will own FPGA solutions across the full development lifecycle—from requirements capture and architecture through to implementation, verification, hardware integration and production. The role involves collaborating with FPGA, embedded software, hardware, systems and project-management disciplines, coordinating other engineers, supporting external suppliers, and shaping

Qualifications

• Proven experience taking FPGA designs through the complete development lifecycle.
• Strong FPGA design and verification experience using VHDL.
• Experience optimising FPGA designs for performance, power dissipation and resource usage.
• Practical experience integrating and debugging FPGA solutions in hardware.
• Experience developing test benches and carrying out design verification.
• Familiarity with configuration-management systems and version control for HDL source code.
• Ability to obtain and maintain UK Security Check (SC) clearance.
• Willingness to work onsite in Farnborough four days per week.

Responsibilities

• Own FPGA solution delivery from requirements capture to production.
• Lead requirements elicitation and translate system needs into FPGA implementation requirements.
• Define FPGA architectures with the wider team.
• Develop project plans with PMs to ensure on-time delivery.
• Design, develop and verify FPGA solutions using VHDL.
• Develop test benches and support verification, integration and debugging.
• Optimise designs for performance, power, reliability, and resource usage.
• Coordinate design activity and guide other FPGA engineers.
• Manage interfaces with external FPGA, IP and technology suppliers.
• Apply configuration-management to HDL source code and data.
• Support proposals, technical estimates and bid activity.
• Contribute to technical papers and future roadmaps.
• Collaborate with hardware, embedded software, systems engineering and PMs.
• Contribute to secure digital design solutions for cyber and information assurance.

Skills

VHDL

FPGA design

Hardware verification

Test benches

SC clearance

Cross-functional collaboration

Embedded integration

Tools

ModelSim/QuestaSim

Libero design suite

Xilinx toolchains

Altera/Intel FPGA tools

DOORS or similar

Job description

Holt Executive Ltd. is seeking an experienced FPGA Development Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in Farnborough.

You will own FPGA solutions across the full development lifecycle—from requirements capture and architecture through to implementation, verification, hardware integration and production. The role involves collaborating with FPGA, embedded software, hardware, systems and project-management disciplines, coordinating other engineers, supporting external suppliers, and shaping