Senior to Principal FPGA Engineer
Southampton, Hampshire (Hybrid Working)
SC Clearance Required or Eligibility to Obtain SC Clearance
We're recruiting for Senior to Principal FPGA Engineers to join a highly capable engineering team working on advanced FPGA, embedded and real-time technology programmes within a secure and technically challenging environment.
This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects involving FPGA design, high-speed digital systems, signal processing and hardware/software integration, contributing throughout the full development lifecycle.
As a Senior or Principal FPGA Engineer, you'll be responsible for the architecture, design, implementation and verification of FPGA-based solutions.
You'll work closely with software, embedded, electronics, systems and verification teams whilst helping shape future technical direction and mentoring junior engineers where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities
- FPGA design and development using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog
- FPGA architecture and implementation
- FPGA verification and validation
- Hardware bring-up and integration
- High-speed digital design
- Hardware/software co-design activities
- Debugging and troubleshooting complex systems
- Working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Contributing to technical reviews and design decisions
- Supporting projects throughout the full development lifecycle
Experience Required
- FPGA Design & Development
- VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog
- FPGA Verification
- Hardware Integration
- High-Speed Digital Design
- FPGA Toolchains (Vivado, Quartus or similar)
- Hardware Debugging & Troubleshooting
- Full Product Development Lifecycle Experience
- Understanding of Embedded Systems
Desirable Experience
- Xilinx, AMD, Intel (Altera) or SoC FPGA platforms
- Embedded Linux
- C/C++
- Signal Processing / DSP
- High-Speed Interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, JESD, Aurora, etc.)
- Video Processing Systems
- Communication Systems
- Defence, Aerospace, Telecommunications or Broadcast industries
- Modelsim / QuestaSim
- FPGA-based real-time systems
If you're a Senior, Lead or Principal FPGA Engineer looking for your next challenge, I'd be pleased to arrange a confidential discussion.
Senior FPGA Engineer in Southampton employer: Chapman Tate Associates
Join a forward-thinking Software House that values innovation and collaboration, offering a dynamic work culture where your contributions directly impact cutting-edge research. With a focus on employee growth, you'll have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work alongside leading researchers in a remote setting, making it an ideal environment for those passionate about software engineering and research computing.
