Senior FPGA Engineer

Posted 02 January 2026 Salary £60000 - £85000 per annum, Benefits: 28 days holiday (+ bank holidays), enhanced pension and parental leave, healthcare plans, and bonus Location Cambridge Job type Permanent Discipline Electronic and Hardware Engineering ,Engineering Reference RB-9-3

Join a pioneering engineering team developing next-generation FPGA-based systems for advanced computing applications. This is an opportunity to apply your digital design expertise in a customer-facing role, helping to integrate and optimise cutting-edge technology across the UK and Europe.

You'll be collaborating with world-class engineers to deliver high-performance, multi-FPGA systems. From design flow setup to system bring-up and debugging, you'll play a key role in ensuring seamless deployment and performance for complex, real-world applications.

This role suits an engineer who enjoys variety and being challenged - combining hands on technical work with customer engagement. You'll have the autonomy to solve technical challenges, drive integration, and influence design direction on high impact projects.

• Strong FPGA design experience (Verilog/VHDL, Vivado/Quartus).
• Proven background in digital design, implementation, and system integration.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGA platforms.
• Skilled in debugging, testing, and optimising FPGA based systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with customers.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and Europe (up to 20%).
• High personal ambitions and drive, with an ethos centred around development and collaboration.

• SoC architecture or multi FPGA systems.
• High speed interfaces (e.g. transceiver based).
• Supporting customer installations or field applications.
• Experience guiding or mentoring junior engineers.

This is a rare chance to join a forward thinking engineering team pushing the boundaries of what's possible in high performance digital systems.

28 days holiday (+ bank holidays), enhanced pension and parental leave, healthcare plans, and bonus.

Keen to express your interest, or find out more?

Option 1: Click the apply button (don't worry, we'll discuss your CV before submitting).

Option 2: Drop me a message on LinkedIn (Rachel Bush - SoCode Recruitment).