Senior FPGA Engineer

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Last month
Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
14 May 2026 (Last month)

Benefits

32 days annual leave + BH Annual Company Bonus Scheme Up to 8% employer pension contribution Life Assurance (6X salary) Private Health Care Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave Multiple Discount, Memberships schemes

Senior FPGA Engineer | Space/Satellite | Guildford | Hybrid | Competitive salary & package

This role is an exciting opportunity for a Senior FPGA Engineer to join the On-Board Data Handling team of a leading Space/Satellite company and have involvement on a mission right from concept through to launch, commissioning and operational life; a true cradle to grave experience, and will give you the chance to see your work in Space in a rapid timescale! This key role will often sit within the core team of a satellite mission interacting with other technical leads across multiple disciplines to generate the technical solutions for innovative projects.

Key Tasks

Act as OBDH Subsystem Lead and Work Package Manager in Space Projects

Identification and flow-down of spacecraft system requirements to the spacecraft OBDH system

Delivery of a OBDH system solution that meets these requirements with defined company processes

Management and verification of these requirements

Ownership of the OBDH system and all aspects feeding into and of it

System / subsystem level interfacing and trade-offs

Manage the technical solution, supporting design engineers

Management and delivery of satellite OBDH systems work packages including budget and schedule

Interface with internal and external customers

Authoring of technical documents (including interface level FMEA, development/test/verification plans, procedures and technical descriptions)

Minor updates to circuit designs (changing obsolete parts, incremental performance improvements, ECN generations, etc)

Design, implementation and verification of FPGA’s in VHDL

Support product development if required

Typical OBDH System Equipment in a spacecraft defined as follows: On-board Computer, Data Recorder, and Payload Interface UnitQualifications Knowledge & Skills

FPGA design experience in VHDL

Knowledge of Lab Test Equipment

Recent experience with schematic capture and simulation software (ie/ Mentor Graphics, OrCAD PSPICE, etc.)

Good understanding of digital electronics, ideally from space, aerospace, defence or related sector (Previous On-Board Data Handling OBDH experience is desirable but not essential)

BTEC / Degree in Electronics or equivalentBenefits

Highly competitive Salary dependent on experience

Flexible working policies

32 days annual leave + BH

Annual Company Bonus Scheme

Up to 8% employer pension contribution

Life Assurance (6X salary)

Private Health Care

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

Multiple Discount, Memberships schemes

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