Junior FPGA Engineer

IC Resources; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd in London seeks an FPGA Engineer to design and implement high‑performance RTL for AI inference, collaborating with senior FPGA engineers, system architects and algorithm developers.

You will optimize FPGA resources, implement compute blocks, and integrate architectures into AI inference systems, shaping the core hardware of a stealth‑mode startup.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of FPGA or RTL design experience
• Strong Verilog or SystemVerilog development skills
• Experience implementing arithmetic or compute blocks on FPGA
• Understanding of fixed-point arithmetic and quantisation
• Familiarity with FPGA DSP resources and on-chip memory
• Experience with AMD Xilinx or Intel Altera FPGA platforms
• Python experience for modelling and verification
• Experience with AI inference, neural networks, Transformers, systolic arrays or low-precision computing would be highly advantageous

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance RTL for AI inference
• Optimize FPGA resources and compute blocks
• Integrate architectures into AI inference systems
• Collaborate with senior FPGA engineers, system architects and algorithm developers

Skills

FPGA RTL design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Fixed-point arithmetic

FPGA DSP resources

Python for verification

AI inference / Transformers

Job description

FPGA Engineer – London – AI Hardware Acceleration – Stealth Mode Start-Up

Join an exciting, well-funded AI start-up in London developing cutting-edge FPGA technology designed to revolutionise the efficiency of AI inference.

Led by a highly technical Founder and CEO with a successful track record of building technology companies, our client has already secured significant funding and is growing its engineering team to develop next-generation AI acceleration hardware.

They are looking for an FPGA Engineer to help design and implement high-performance computing architectures, working closely with experienced FPGA engineers, system architects and algorithm developers.

You’ll be involved in developing complex RTL designs, optimising FPGA resources and integrating advanced compute architectures into AI inference systems. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious start‑up at an early stage, gain exposure to cutting-edge AI technology and have a genuine impact on the development of its core products.

They are looking for an FPGA Engineer with the following background:

• 2+ years of FPGA or RTL design experience
• Strong Verilog or SystemVerilog development skills
• Experience implementing arithmetic or compute blocks on FPGA
• Understanding of fixed-point arithmetic and quantisation
• Familiarity with FPGA DSP resources and on-chip memory
• Experience with AMD Xilinx or Intel Altera FPGA platforms
• Python experience for modelling and verification
• Experience with AI inference, neural networks, Transformers, systolic arrays or low-precision computing would be highly advantageous.