Senior FPGA Engineer

Senior FPGA Engineer – Concurrent

Location:

Theale, Reading |

Employment type:

Full‑time | Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior | Job function:
Engineering and IT | Industries:
Aviation & Aerospace Component Manufacturing

We’re building something powerful. Join our team to develop advanced single‑board computer solutions.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior FPGA Engineer to join our engineering team. The role involves overseeing the full FPGA development lifecycle, from requirements to implementation, verification, and validation.

• Work closely with system architects to define FPGA requirements from high‑level specifications.
• Develop FPGA architectures to support SBC designs, high‑speed interfaces, and embedded processor subsystems.
• Propose and evaluate design trade‑offs to meet performance, power, and cost targets.
• Develop FPGA designs using AMD Vivado for synthesis, implementation, and bitstream generation.
• Integrate Micro Blaze soft processors, peripherals, and custom IP within the system design.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to integrate FPGA and SoC components.
• Develop and execute test benches using modern verification frameworks such as Cocotb, UVVM, or similar.
• Perform simulation, hardware bring‑up, and debug using Vivado Logic Analyzer, Chipscope, etc.
• Contribute to system‑level validation of FPGA‑based designs in conjunction with embedded software.
• Mentor junior engineers and support best practices in FPGA design and documentation.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of the development process.

• Proven experience with AMD (Xilinx) FPGAs (Zynq, Kintex, Artix).
• Advanced knowledge of Vivado Design Suite and VHDL.
• Experience developing and integrating Micro Blaze processors and associated subsystems.
• Solid understanding of FPGA architecture design, clocking, resets, and interfacing.
• Familiarity with single‑board computer architectures, including Intel processors and interfaces such as eSPI, PCIe, I2C, SPI, UART.
• Experience with Cocotb, UVVM, or other modern verification methodologies.

• Exposure to embedded C/C++ development for FPGA‑based processors.
• Understanding of signal integrity, timing closure, and hardware debug at board level.
• Experience collaborating in requirements‑driven development (e.g., DOORS, Jama).

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.

• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Self‑motivated with the ability to take technical ownership of designs.
• Collaborative team player, comfortable working in a multi‑disciplinary environment.

• 25 days holidays + bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme.
• Annual profit share bonus.
• Cycle to work, Home & Tech and car salary sacrifice schemes.
• Death in service benefit & income protection.
• Employee assistance programme and virtual GP.
• Employee referral scheme.
• Enhanced parental leave.
  
  Generous company pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.
• One paid volunteering day per year.
• Private Health Insurance through Bupa.
• YuLife wellbeing app.

We are an equal opportunity employer and believe in the power of a diverse, inclusive team. We welcome all applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation or age. Please let us know if you require anything that would enable your success throughout our interview process.

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