VHDL / FPGA Engineer Contract

Salary: £50,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven commercial experience as a VHDL / FPGA Engineer.
• Strong knowledge of VHDL and RTL design.
• Experience developing FPGA designs from requirements through to integration and verification.
• Experience with FPGA simulation and debugging.
• Experience with FPGA development tools such as AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus or equivalent.
• Experience working with digital hardware and electronic systems.
• Ability to read and interpret hardware schematics and technical specifications.
• Strong understanding of digital electronics, synchronous design and timing.
• Experience working within structured engineering development processes.
• Previous experience within aerospace, defence or another highly regulated engineering environment.
• Experience with Xilinx, Intel/Altera or Microchip FPGAs.
• Experience with VHDL-2008.
• FPGA verification and testbench development.
• Experience with ModelSim, Questa or equivalent simulation tools.
• Knowledge of DO-254, DEF STAN or other aerospace/defence development standards.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and communications protocols.
• Experience with FPGA-to-processor interfaces.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop or system-level testing.
• Experience working on safety-critical or mission-critical systems.
• Knowledge of requirements management and configuration control.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain FPGA-based digital systems using VHDL.
• Develop and verify RTL designs for aerospace and defence applications.
• Translate system and hardware requirements into robust FPGA implementations.
• Undertake FPGA simulation, verification and debugging.
• Support FPGA integration with surrounding hardware and embedded systems.
• Develop and maintain test benches and verification environments.
• Work with hardware, systems and software engineers to resolve technical issues.
• Review designs, technical documentation and engineering requirements.
• Support hardware bring-up, integration and fault finding.
• Produce clear and accurate technical documentation.
• Contribute to design reviews and technical investigations.
• Support additional engineering projects as required.

Technologies:

• Embedded
• FPGA
• Hardware
• Support
• VHDL

More:

We are a hybrid engineering team working on projects within the aerospace and defence sector. This is an initial 3-month contract, with the potential for additional project-based work depending on programme requirements and performance. The role is inside IR35 and offers the opportunity to contribute to safety-critical and high-reliability digital hardware development in a structured, multidisciplinary environment.

last updated 39 week of 2026