Senior Field Application Engineer - FPGA/Digital Design in Cambridge

Energy Jobline CVL; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Energy Job Board in the UK is seeking an experienced engineer with strong FPGA design expertise for a customer-facing role. You'll work closely with world-class engineers to develop high-performance multi-FPGA systems, solving technical challenges and engaging directly with clients. This position offers competitive benefits, including 28 days holiday, enhanced pension, and healthcare plans.

Benefits

28 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Enhanced pension and parental leave

Healthcare plans

Bonus

Qualifications

• Strong FPGA design experience with Verilog/VHDL required.
• Background in digital design and integration necessary.
• Experience with leading FPGA platforms desired.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to deliver FPGA systems.
• Solve technical challenges and drive project integration.
• Engage with customers in deploying advanced systems.

Skills

FPGA design experience (Verilog/VHDL, Vivado/Quartus)

Digital design and system integration

Experience with AMD/Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGA platforms

Debugging and testing FPGA-based systems

Strong communication skills

Willingness to travel

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Join a pioneering engineering team developing next- FPGA-based systems for advanced computing applications. This is an opportunity to apply your digital design expertise in a customer-facing role, helping to integrate and optimise cutting-edge technology across the UK and Europe.

You’ll be collaborating with world-class engineers to deliver high-performance, multi-FPGA systems. From design flow setup to system bring-up and debugging, you’ll play a key role in ensuring seamless deployment and performance for complex, real-world applications.

This role suits an engineer who enjoys variety and being challenged – combining hands-on technical work with customer engagement. You’ll have the autonomy to solve technical challenges, drive integration, and influence design direction on high-impact projects.

Requirements

• Strong FPGA design experience (Verilog/VHDL, Vivado/Quartus).
• Proven background in digital design, implementation, and system integration.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGA platforms.
• Skilled in debugging, testing, and optimising FPGA-based systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with customers.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and Europe (up to 20%).
• High personal ambitions and drive, with an ethos centred around development and collaboration.

Desirable experience

• SoC architecture or multi-FPGA systems.
• High-speed interfaces (e.g. transceiver-based).
• Supporting customer installations or field applications.
• Experience guiding or mentoring junior engineers.

Benefits

Notable benefits include: 28 days holiday (+ bank holidays), enhanced pension and parental leave, healthcare plans, and bonus.

How to Apply

Keen to express your interest, or find out more?
Option 1: Click the apply button (don’t worry, we’ll discuss your CV before submitting)
Option 2: Call in to the SoCode Cambridge office and ask for Rachel
Option 3: Drop me a message on LinkedIn (Rachel Bush – SoCode Recruitment)

If you are interested in applying for this job please press the Apply Button and follow the application process. Energy Jobline wishes you the very best of luck in your next career move.