Contract FPGA Engineer

Salary: £60,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience developing FPGA solutions using VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Hands-on experience with FPGA toolchains such as Xilinx Vivado and/or Intel Quartus.
• Demonstrable experience delivering FPGA designs from specification through to implementation.
• Degree qualified in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Active SC Clearance or eligibility for SC Clearance is required.
• Existing DV Clearance would be a significant advantage.
• Desirable: experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and system modelling using MATLAB or Simulink.
• Desirable: embedded software development in C/C++ within Linux environments.
• Desirable: experience of communications systems, software-defined radio (SDR), radar, or other RF technologies.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement FPGA firmware using VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Support the full FPGA development lifecycle, including architecture, implementation, simulation, and verification.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and systems engineers to integrate FPGA solutions into complex products.
• Contribute to the development of prototype systems for technically challenging applications.
• Assist with testing, debugging, and optimisation of FPGA designs.

Technologies:

• Embedded
• FPGA
• Firmware
• Hardware
• Support
• Linux
• Matlab
• Verilog
• VHDL

More:

We are offering an exciting 6-month contract opportunity for an experienced FPGA Engineer to join our innovative engineering team in Cambridge, working on cutting-edge technology projects within the defence and secure communications sector. This is an on-site role with a competitive rate dependent on experience and is outside IR35. You will work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop high-performance hardware solutions from initial concept through to prototype and testing.

last updated 31 week of 2026