Job Title: FPGA / Digital Design Engineer
Location: Reading area (hybrid / remote working permitted)
Employment Type: Permanent, full-time
Visa sponsorship:Not available (UK rights to work required)
Client Snapshot
We are working with a cutting-edge technology company based near Reading, specialising in Software-Defined Radio (SDR) solutions for the Space / Satellite industry. The team develops advanced digital systems and signal processing architectures for space / satellite payloads.
You will join a fast-paced, technically ambitious environment, collaborating closely with RF, software, hardware, and systems engineers to deliver flight-capable digital designs.
What Youll Do
As an FPGA / Digital Design Engineer, you will:
1. Architect, design, implement, verify, and integrate digital logic (RTL) for FPGA / SoC platforms
2. Work on signal processing, communications, data pipelines, digital beamforming, or related SDR blocks
3. Develop testbench environments, simulations, and formal/verifiable test strategies
4. Perform timing closure, clock domain crossing, resource balancing, power optimisation
5. Define interfaces and protocols (e.g. high-speed serial links, memory, buses)
6. Assist with board bring-up, hardware bring-up, debugging on lab benches