Principal FPGA Engineer (VHDL) – Hybrid Work

General Dynamics UK Limited; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Relocation assistance

Nine-day fortnight

Flexible benefits

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems in Hastings is seeking a Principal FPGA Engineer to take technical ownership of advanced FPGA solutions for mission computing systems. You will remain hands-on with FPGA development while guiding the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements capture to verification and integration.

You will mentor engineers, lead design reviews and contribute to improving FPGA practices across the team. A hybrid work model with potential relocation support is available.

Qualifications

• Extensive FPGA design/verification experience using VHDL.
• Experience taking FPGA designs through requirements to verification.
• Strong communication across hardware, software and verification disciplines.
• Knowledge of Xilinx toolchain and high-integrity design.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and verify complex FPGA solutions using VHDL.
• Lead FPGA development from requirements to integration and verification.
• Develop simulation environments and verification test benches.
• Lead technical reviews and mentor other engineers.
• Collaborate with multiple departments to improve FPGA processes.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Technical leadership

Requirements capture

Mentoring

Tools

AMD Xilinx Vivado

MBSE tools

Siemens QuestaSim

Git

SysML

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems in Hastings is seeking a Principal FPGA Engineer to take technical ownership of advanced FPGA solutions for mission computing systems. You will remain hands-on with FPGA development while guiding the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements capture to verification and integration.

You will mentor engineers, lead design reviews and contribute to improving FPGA practices across the team. A hybrid work model with potential relocation support is available.