FPGA Design Engineer

A degree or equivalent qualification in electronic engineering, control systems engineering or a related discipline. Applicants without formal qualifications who can demonstrate suitable experience will also be considered.

Proven FPGA development experience covering requirements, architecture, detailed RTL design, verification, integration and release.

Strong VHDL skills and practical experience with Intel Quartus Prime, including TimeQuest timing analysis, or an equivalent FPGA development toolchain.

A clear understanding of high-quality FPGA design techniques, including synchronous design, clock and reset architecture, metastability and clock-domain crossing management, timing constraints, defensive design and peer review.

Experience developing testbenches and using simulation to verify functional behaviour, corner cases and fault handling before hardware integration.

Good knowledge of digital electronics and common embedded interfaces, with the ability to read schematics and collaborate effectively with hardware and software engineers.

A disciplined approach to requirements, documentation, configuration control, verification evidence and quality engineering processes.

The ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly, work effectively both independently and within cross-disciplinary teams, and deliver to agreed timescales.

Experience with Intel (Altera) Cyclone and MAX devices, including Cyclone V SoC/HPS integration, Avalon or AXI interfaces and memory-mapped peripherals.

Experience with real-time digital signal processing, deterministic timing, sensor acquisition, actuator control or safety-related state-machine design.

Knowledge of communication interfaces such as CAN/CAN FD, Ethernet, LVDS, SPI, I2C, UART and high-speed serial links.

Experience of inter-FPGA communications, processor-to-FPGA integration, external memory interfaces and robust clock/reset-domain management.

Experience debugging and developing embedded C software for microcontrollers or SoC processor subsystems.

Practical experience of design-for-test, boundary scan, JTAG and structured board bring-up or fault investigation.

Experience developing vehicle-based systems in motorsport, automotive or another high-reliability, fast-paced engineering environment.

Familiarity with FMEA, V-model development, and relevant quality, process or functional-safety frameworks such as ISO 9001, Automotive SPICE or ISO 26262.