Senior FPGA Engineer: RF/Real-Time DSP Lead

Mass Limited; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Buy or sell up to 5 days' annual leave

Annual Wellbeing allowance

Two pension schemes to choose from

Private Medical Insurance + family

Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary

Share Save scheme

Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Retail discounts

Job summary

You will use VHDL/SystemVerilog and MATLAB/Simulink HDL Coder, with support from tools like Vivado, Quartus and ModelSim. A UK national SC-level security clearance is required due to project sensitivity.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering real-time FPGA-based DSP systems.
• Experience with embedded Linux/bare-metal C drivers and FPGA-system integration.
• Knowledge of AXI interfaces, memory interfaces and high-speed ADC/DAC integration.
• Experience designing streaming architectures using AXI4-Stream and DMA.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and verification of advanced FPGA architectures for RF signal processing and real-time logic.
• Develop for RFSoCs and Intel FPGAs, including integration with high-speed ADCs/DACs.
• Support lab evaluation using signal generators, spectrum analysers, and oscilloscopes.
• Lead or contribute to designs using VHDL, SystemVerilog, and MATLAB/Simulink HDL Coder.
• Develop C/C++ software for embedded deployment.
• Use Vivado, Quartus and ModelSim for simulation, synthesis and implementation.
• Drive design verification, unit testing, documentation and best practices.
• Act as a technical expert in reviews and solution development; mentor junior engineers.
• Engage with stakeholders to capture requirements and align solutions with project goals.

Skills

FPGA design leadership

DSP algorithm development

VHDL

SystemVerilog

MATLAB/Simulink HDL Coder

C/C++ for embedded

RFSoC/Intel platforms

Mentoring / technical leadership

Stakeholder requirements

Real-time DSP

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

ModelSim

HDL Coder

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

You will use VHDL/SystemVerilog and MATLAB/Simulink HDL Coder, with support from tools like Vivado, Quartus and ModelSim. A UK national SC-level security clearance is required due to project sensitivity.