Firmware Engineer

• Salary £50,000 to £80,000 plus strong benefits package
• Based from South West or Hampshire, with flexible working arrangements
• Work on secure, long-term national security programmes
• Firmware, FPGA and VHDL experience required
• Active DV clearance required

Our client is a highly respected engineering and technology organisation delivering advanced capability into the UK National Security domain. They work across secure, complex and technically challenging programmes, supporting the development of systems that genuinely help protect the UK.

• Competitive salary up to £80,000
• Ongoing technical development and training
• On-site facilities and free parkingli>
• Opportunity to work on high-impact national security programmes
• Flexibility around office locations

As a Firmware / FPGA Engineer, you will design, develop and implement FPGA-based solutions for secure and mission-critical systems.

You will:

• Design, simulate and implement FPGA solutions using VHDL
• Develop firmware solutions for complex embedded systems
• Support integration across hardware, firmware and embedded software teams
• Work on secure communications and wider national security-focused systems
• Conduct lab-based testing, debugging and verification
• Contribute across the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements through to delivery
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges

• Strong VHDL experience
• Experience working across the engineering lifecycle
• Ability to support integration, test and verification activities
• Experience with in defence, national security, secure communications or similarly complex engineering environments
• Active DV Clearance

• Experience with OpenCPI
• Experience with DSP or real-time signal processing
• Experience with RF, digital communications or secure communications systems
• Experience with embedded C, C++ or Python
• Experience with MATLAB or Simulink
• Knowledge of lab-based testing using oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers or similar equipment

• Firmware Engineer, FPGA Engineer, VHDL, Firmware, FPGA, Verilog, OpenCPI, Embedded Systems, Secure Communications, Defence, National Security, DV Cleared, NSD