Senior FPGA Engineer - Real-Time RF DSP & EW

MASS Consultants; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave (inclusive of Dec

Buy or sell up to 5 days' leave

Two pension schemes

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance (4 x salary)

Save and share schemes

Electric/Hybrid car leasing

Cycle to work

Retail discounts

Continuous Professional Development

Annual Wellness Allowance

Job summary

MASS Consultants in Lincoln is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and deliver real-time DSP systems for RF signal processing in critical EW environments. The role emphasizes hands-on FPGA work, with relocation support available.

You will work across FPGA platforms (Xilinx RFSoC, Intel Agilex/Stratix), collaborate with system engineers, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring verification, documentation, and design quality meet stringent standards.

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing FPGA-based DSP systems for real-time or RF-centric applications.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and HDL Coder workflows.
• Experience deploying to Xilinx RFSoC and/or Intel FPGA platforms.
• Experience working with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, analysers).
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA design, implementation and verification for RF signal processing and high-throughput systems.
• Develop on Xilinx RFSoC and Intel FPGA platforms (Agilex/Stratix).
• Integrate with high-speed ADC/DAC interfaces and real-time data pipelines.
• Work across VHDL, SystemVerilog and MATLAB/Simulink HDL workflows.
• Support lab-based integration, test and evaluation using RF instrumentation.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and system-level design.
• Drive best practice in verification, documentation and design quality.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers.
• Work with stakeholders to shape requirements and solutions.

Skills

FPGA DSP

MATLAB/Simulink

HDL Coder

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Xilinx RFSoC

Intel FPGA platforms

Lab equipment knowledge

Job description

MASS Consultants in Lincoln is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and deliver real-time DSP systems for RF signal processing in critical EW environments. The role emphasizes hands-on FPGA work, with relocation support available.

You will work across FPGA platforms (Xilinx RFSoC, Intel Agilex/Stratix), collaborate with system engineers, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring verification, documentation, and design quality meet stringent standards.