FGPA Engineer

Job description

We are seeking FPGA Engineers to support multiple aerospace and defence engineering programmes across the UK. The role is consultancy-based, with engineers contributing to project-specific engagements focused on legacy FPGA designs, design recovery, and board bring-up. Work will involve both sustaining existing platforms and integrating FPGA designs onto new or updated hardware.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and support FPGA designs for aerospace and defence systems, primarily focused on legacy and in-service platforms
• Reverse engineer existing FPGA implementations to recover design intent, interfaces, and functional behaviour
• Support board bring-up, including FPGA configuration, I/O validation, and interface debug
• Derive firmware requirements from hardware requirements and system-level constraints
• Implement and verify FPGA designs using HDL (VHDL and/or Verilog)
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and verification engineers during early-phase board design and integration
• Perform design verification activities appropriate to DO-254 low-complexity objectives
• Produce and review engineering and certification documentation, including PHAC inputs, design descriptions, verification evidence, and SOI support material

Required Skills

• Proven experience developing and supporting FPGA designs in aerospace or other safety-critical environments
• Strong understanding of FPGA architecture, timing, and interface design
• Experience with legacy FPGA devices and toolchains
• Ability to work across parallel design and verification activities with minimal supervision
• Familiarity with DO-254 processes, particularly for low-complexity or DAL D/C designs
• Ability to analyse undocumented designs and recover functional and interface behaviour
• UK Security Clearance (or eligibility to obtain it)
• Willingness to work on-site 3–4 days per week, with project locations varying across the UK

Preferred Skills

• Strong FPGA experience using VHDL, including Xilinx or Microchip devices.
• Proven experience working from limited or legacy design information.
• Experience working in regulated aerospace or defence environments (DAL-D).
• Awareness of DO-254 or similar hardware certification standards is an advantage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

England

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

30-01-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English