Graduate Electronics Engineer — FPGA & Embedded Systems

Platform Recruitment; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£55,000 salary

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays

10% employer pension contribution

Private healthcare

Life and income protection insurance

Annual discretionary bonus

Six-monthly salary reviews

Electric vehicle and Cycle to Work

Free parking

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is seeking a Graduate Electronics Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team in Gloucestershire. The role focuses on FPGA development, electronics design and embedded systems, with opportunities to contribute across signal processing, PCB design and Linux driver work.

The ideal candidate is a recent graduate or PhD with strong maths/physics background and hands-on experience in VHDL, PCB design, and C/C++ development.

Qualifications

• 1st or 2:1 degree, or PhD, in Electronic Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another numerate subject.
• Strong academic background in Mathematics and Physics.
• Knowledge of FPGA development using VHDL, PCB design and layout, or Embedded C/C++ development.

Responsibilities

• Implement signal, image and data-processing algorithms in VHDL.
• Design PCBs incorporating FPGAs, SoCs and high-speed interfaces.
• Complete schematic capture using OrCAD.
• Support PCB layout, manufacture and assembly.
• Develop test firmware and embedded software.
• Write Linux device drivers for bespoke hardware.
• Test and bring up newly designed PCBs.

Skills

FPGA development (VHDL)

PCB design & layout

Embedded C/C++

Strong communication

Education

1st or 2:1 degree or PhD in a numerate subject

Tools

OrCAD

Job description

Platform Recruitment is seeking a Graduate Electronics Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering team in Gloucestershire. The role focuses on FPGA development, electronics design and embedded systems, with opportunities to contribute across signal processing, PCB design and Linux driver work.

The ideal candidate is a recent graduate or PhD with strong maths/physics background and hands-on experience in VHDL, PCB design, and C/C++ development.