Senior FPGA Engineer — Real-Time RF Signal Processing Lead

Energy Jobline CVL; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Pension schemes

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance (4 x salary)

Save and share schemes

Electric/Hybrid car leasing

Cycle to work

Retail discounts

CPD

Job summary

MASS is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and deliver real-time signal processing capabilities for mission-critical systems in Lincoln, with a strong on-site emphasis. You will translate requirements with system engineers and software teams to build robust FPGA-based solutions that integrate RFSoC/Intel platforms and high-speed interfaces.

The role requires hands-on leadership, mentoring junior engineers, and close collaboration with stakeholders to shape requirements and provide

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 AMD/Xilinx RFSoC (Zynq UltraScale+) 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 directly with stakeholders to shape requirements and solutions.

Skills

FPGA DSP design

Leadership

Real-time RF processing

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

HDL Coder workflows

Xilinx RFSoC

Intel FPGA (Agilex/Stratix)

Job description

MASS is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and deliver real-time signal processing capabilities for mission-critical systems in Lincoln, with a strong on-site emphasis. You will translate requirements with system engineers and software teams to build robust FPGA-based solutions that integrate RFSoC/Intel platforms and high-speed interfaces.

The role requires hands-on leadership, mentoring junior engineers, and close collaboration with stakeholders to shape requirements and provide