Senior VHDL FPGA Engineer — Hybrid (Airborne)

Leonardo UK Ltd; Wickford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Private healthcare

Pension

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in Basildon seeks an experienced FPGA Engineer to design and develop embedded VHDL firmware for airborne electro-optics subsystems. You will work across product lifecycle from concept to early life production, using high-speed FPGAs and SoCs in a multidisciplinary team.

The role sits in the Sensors product development group within Integrated Sensing & Protection, with a focus on delivering robust FPGA firmware while collaborating with partners and subcontractors.

Qualifications

• Experience using FPGA technologies from major vendors (Xilinx, Microsemi/Actel or Lattice).
• Advanced verification using VHDL/SystemVerilog/UVM.
• Ability to specify timing/area constraints for FPGA place-and-route.
• Derive firmware requirements from system level specs.
• Familiarity with DO-254 or similar firmware processes.
• Experience with IEC 61508 in safety-related firmware is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Capture and manage firmware requirements.
• Design and analyze FPGA logic.
• Produce design documentation and evidence for reviews.
• Develop FPGA test plans and integration plans.
• Perform system integration with PCB and embedded software teams.
• Support firmware through the standard firmware process and modify designs as needed.

Skills

FPGA design

Firmware development

VHDL

SystemVerilog/UVM

Timing constraints

RTCA DO-254

IEC 61508

FPGA tooling

Hardware-software integration

technical decision making

Tools

Xilinx toolchain

ModelSim

Questa

HDL Designer

Siemens EDA tools

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd in Basildon seeks an experienced FPGA Engineer to design and develop embedded VHDL firmware for airborne electro-optics subsystems. You will work across product lifecycle from concept to early life production, using high-speed FPGAs and SoCs in a multidisciplinary team.

The role sits in the Sensors product development group within Integrated Sensing & Protection, with a focus on delivering robust FPGA firmware while collaborating with partners and subcontractors.