Senior FPGA Engineer

Platform Recruitment; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Strong pension

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer for a Hertfordshire-based space business. You will lead high-reliability FPGA designs from requirements through verification for flight hardware.

Ideal candidates will have strong FPGA design experience in space or high-reliability sectors, proficient HDL (VHDL/SystemVerilog), and hands-on experience with major FPGA toolchains. You will mentor others and collaborate across systems, hardware and software teams.

Qualifications

• Experience designing FPGAs for space or high-reliability sectors.
• Strong HDL skills in VHDL and/or SystemVerilog.
• Proficiency with FPGA toolchains (AMD/Xilinx, Microchip or similar).
• Experience leading FPGA projects from start to finish.

Responsibilities

• Turn system requirements into FPGA architecture and design.
• Design and implement FPGAs for space/high reliability apps.
• Develop IP for SoC based platforms.
• Own verification to high reliability standards.
• Lead FPGA projects technically and mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware and software teams.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/SystemVerilog

FPGA toolchains

DSP / digital communications

Project leadership

Tools

AMD/Xilinx toolchains

Microchip toolchains

Job description

Want your FPGA designs to fly in orbit?

I'm working with an established space and satellite business in Hertfordshire that's growing its digital engineering team. They need a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead high reliability FPGA designs, from requirements through to verified flight hardware.

This role suits an experienced engineer who wants real ownership and wants to see their work go into space.

What you'll be doing

• Turning system requirements into FPGA architecture and design
• Designing and implementing FPGAs for space and high reliability applications
• Developing IP for SoC based platforms
• Owning verification to high reliability standards
• Leading FPGA projects technically and mentoring other engineers
• Working closely with the systems, hardware and software teams

What you'll bring

• Strong FPGA design experience in space or another high reliability sector, such as defence, aerospace or automotive
• Strong VHDL and/or SystemVerilog
• Experience with industry standard FPGA toolchains (AMD/Xilinx, Microchip or similar)
• DSP or digital communications experience
• Experience leading FPGA projects from start to finish

Nice to have

• Satellite or RF communications experience
• Signal integrity knowledge

What's on offer

• Private healthcare and a strong pension
• Long term, technically challenging work on real space programmes