Senior FPGA & DSP Engineer – Hybrid (Radar)

Holt Engineering; Saffron Walden; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

Holt Engineering in Saffron Walden, Essex, is seeking an experienced FPGA & DSP Engineer to join our engineering consultancy. The role focuses on designing, validating and supporting FPGA-based solutions across radar and communications projects.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team, own FPGA development for AMD/Xilinx devices, and contribute to architecture, testing and customer discussions in a hybrid setup (3 days onsite per week).

Qualifications

• Strong FPGA design experience with HDL (VHDL/Verilog).
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx Vivado toolchain including simulation, synthesis, implementation, and test.
• DSP knowledge applied to radar, communications, sensing or real-time systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement FPGA and DSP solutions with minimal supervision.
• Develop FPGA designs using HDL for AMD/Xilinx devices including Zynq SoCs.
• Contribute across full engineering lifecycle from concept to support.
• Apply DSP knowledge to radar, communications, and sensing applications.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across hardware, software and firmware.
• Support technical discussions, architecture reviews and project planning.
• Assist in proposal development and customer discussions.
• Engage with customers to understand requirements and explore viable solutions.

Skills

HDL design

VHDL/Verilog

Xilinx Vivado

DSP theory & practice

RF/sensing basics

Full development lifecycle

Customer-facing communication

Technical risk management

UK Security Clearance (SC)

Tools

Vivado toolchain

Job description

Holt Engineering in Saffron Walden, Essex, is seeking an experienced FPGA & DSP Engineer to join our engineering consultancy. The role focuses on designing, validating and supporting FPGA-based solutions across radar and communications projects.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team, own FPGA development for AMD/Xilinx devices, and contribute to architecture, testing and customer discussions in a hybrid setup (3 days onsite per week).