Senior or Principal Firmware / FPGA Engineer

b Overview /b p As a Firmware/FPGA Engineer you will design and deliver FPGA-based firmware for radar and targeting applications, operating within a multidisciplinary electronics team. You’ll drive hardware-software integration across the full development lifecycle and ensure compliance with the company’s firmware processes. Based in the UK, you may work from Newcastle with visits to Edinburgh, contributing to fast-paced, high-impact defence technology programs. This role offers hands-on design work, verification, and collaboration with software and hardware engineers to meet milestones and deliver robust solutions. You’ll join a mission-driven organisation investing in R D to shape future products. /p b Pay / Benefits /b ul li flexible leave up to 12 flexi-days /li li pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution /li li mental health support /li li 4000+ online courses via Coursera/LinkedIn Learning /li li bonus scheme /li li hybrid working /li /ul b Responsibilities /b ul li Hardware requirements capture and firmware design /li li Collaborate to meet milestones for on-time delivery /li li FPGA design, development, analysis and integration /li li Produce materials for design reviews /li li Develop test planning, integration and design verification /li li Ensure firmware designs follow the company firmware process /li /ul b Key requirements /b ul li RTL design using VHDL (essential) /li li Verilog knowledge (advantage) /li li High-speed multi-frequency clocking architectures /li li FPGA technologies: AMD Xilinx, Intel Altera, Microsemi Actel /li li Xilinx Vivado or Altera Quartus II/Prime /li li SoC FPGA experience (e.g. Xilinx Versal) (advantage) /li li Vendor IP experience (Ethernet, transceivers, DDR) /li li Version control: Subversion, GIT, CVS /li li Timing/area constraints for FPGA place-and-route /li li Mentor Graphics tools (HDL Designer, ModelSim/Questa) (advantage) /li li RTCA DO-254 or equivalent firmware processes /li li Firmware debugging and verification with hardware/system integration /li li ILAs in firmware tools /li li Knowledge of Ethernet/SPI/I2C/UART (advantage) /li li C/C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW (advantage) /li /ul ul li Willingness to learn /li li Pragmatic problem solving /li li Team collaboration /li li VHDL RTL design (essential) /li li Verilog (advantage) /li li High-speed clocking architectures /li /ul