Senior FPGA Design Engineer – SC Cleared, Hybrid

Expleo; Queen's Island; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ExpleoAcademy training

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive benefits

Disability confident commitments

Job summary

Expleo is seeking a Principal FPGA Design Engineer to deliver firmware for defence products. The role is hybrid with 3 days on the Belfast client site.

You will lead FPGA/firmware design and verification in a highly regulated environment, collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, MATLAB, and accredited verification tools, with a proactive, detail‑driven approach and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in Electrical/Electronic Engineering.
• Membership or fellowship of a professional engineering body preferably with or working towards chartered status.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of firmware teams to deliver firmware projects to agreed time, cost and quality.
• Verify firmware using Hardware Verification Languages or Hardware Description languages
• Design firmware using Hardware Description Languages
• Enhancement of firmware related processes (documenting, scripting, reporting, process automation)
• Working closely with multi-disciplinary teams

Skills

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

C++ Verification

OSVVM/UVVM

DOORS

ModelSim/QuestaSim

FPGA Toolchains

PCIe/Ethernet/Serial/AXI4

Object-Oriented Design

Image Processing

MATLAB

Education

Electrical/Electronic Engineering degree

Tools

ModelSim

QuestaSim

IBM Rational DOORS

FPGA Vendor Toolchains

Job description

Expleo is seeking a Principal FPGA Design Engineer to deliver firmware for defence products. The role is hybrid with 3 days on the Belfast client site.

You will lead FPGA/firmware design and verification in a highly regulated environment, collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, MATLAB, and accredited verification tools, with a proactive, detail‑driven approach and strong communication skills.