Senior / Principal FPGA Engineer - Inside IR35
📍 Edinburgh (Hybrid - 3 days on-site)
💷 £90 per hour
🔒 Must have or be eligible for SC Clearance

We are seeking an experienced Senior / Principal FPGA Engineer to join a leading engineering team in Edinburgh. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and verifying FPGA solutions using VHDL, working on cutting-edge systems alongside Systems, Hardware, and Software engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

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FPGA design & development in VHDL / Verilog

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Verification using VHDL / SystemVerilog

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Debugging & supporting hardware/system integration

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Documentation, reporting & version control

Essential Skills:

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5+ years FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog)

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Mentor Graphics tools (HDL Designer, ModelSim/Questa, Precision)

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Xilinx / Intel / Microsemi flows (ISE, Vivado, Quartus)

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FPGA constraints, verification & requirements management

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High-Speed Serial protocols, Linux & scripting

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Strong communication & reporting skills

Desirable:

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DO-254 / safety-critical FPGA experience

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SystemVerilog / UVM verification

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Aerospace/Defence industry background

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ARM/embedded cores & Agile methodologies

Contract Details:

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Inside IR35 - £90 p/h

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Hybrid - 3 days per week on-site in Edinburgh

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Must have or be eligible for SC Clearance

👉 Apply now if you're ready to take on a high-impact FPGA role with a market-leading engineering organisation