FPGA Engineer

Principal FPGA Engineer – Contract (Inside IR35)

Position Summary

We are seeking a contract Principal FPGA Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary engineering team developing next-generation Front-End Electronics (FEE) products for space applications. The successful candidate will acquire deep knowledge of current and new device architectures and lead FPGA development end-to-end. Existing designs are produced in VHDL and Verilog across industry-standard toolchains.

Essential Experience

• 3+ years of industrial FPGA design in VHDL and Verilog
• Use of Microchip Libero and/or Xilinx Vivado design environments
• Functional verification using self-checking testbenches and simulation
• Timing verification using timing constraints and static timing analysis
• Ability to generate accurate estimates and define tasks for FPGA product delivery
• Authoring technical documentation including requirements specifications, design documents, test specifications, user manuals and work instructions
• Proficiency with electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, etc.)
• End-to-end FPGA development, maintenance and lifecycle management, working closely with Embedded Software, Electronics and Systems Engineers
• High-speed (Gigabit) transceiver interface design

Advantageous Skills and Experience

• Prior experience in Spaceflight, Aerospace or Defence programmes
• Working knowledge of ECSS standards and development processes
• FPGA design techniques for high-reliability and radiation-tolerant environments
• Requirement verification using UVVM testbench methodology
• Working knowledge of SpaceWire and RMAP protocols
• Image handling and processing
• SVN configuration control
• AXI interfaces
• Automation and scripting for CI/CD pipelines