Contract FPGA Engineer - Advert

Project overview

Contract: 12-month contract likely extension

Responsibilities

What you need

FPGA debugging: hands-on, in sim and in hardware

• Own the full FPGA lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through VHDL RTL, synthesis and place-and-route to on-target validation
• Build and run simulation testbenches in ModelSim/QuestaSim to prove designs before they hit hardware
• Debug in simulation and on real boards, isolating timing, CDC, logic and integration faults
• Write design documentation fit for high-assurance programmes
• Work with systems, hardware and software engineers to integrate FPGA functionality into the wider platform
• Contribute to design reviews and sharpen engineering process
• VHDL: strong, production-grade RTL
• Vendor toolchains: Xilinx, Altera or Microsemi
• Full lifecycle FPGA design and development
• ModelSim / QuestaSim for simulation and verification

Project details

Up to £80/hr (Inside IR35)

Southern England

Hybrid: On-site 3 days/week

The brief

An FPGA Engineer is wanted for an aerospace project. You’ll take designs from requirements to working silicon: architecture, VHDL, simulation, implementation and hardware bring-up. If you like owning the whole lifecycle and chasing bugs down to the waveform, this is for you.

Bristol | Aerospace and Aviation | Bristol | Upon request | Contract | Head Office Bristol HQ

Published: 2026-10-15

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Bristol, GB