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Senior FPGA Engineer

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SENIOR FPGA DESIGN ENGINEER POSITION IN SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE

A Senior FPGA Design Engineer job has become available for a technology business based in Southampton that focus on digital signal processing systems. They are growing their team and this addition will be joining a skilled development department. This person will be working on FPGA design with a particular focus on signal processing.

You will be involved at all levels on a wide variety of projects with our customers in areas such as mobile communications, satellite networks, government organisations and radio network operators.

You will have a real opportunity to use all of your skills in different types of projects and teams. On some projects you will be working on high level system evaluations; on others you will be working on detailed system design and verification.

Key skills for the Senior FPGA Design Engineer job:

  • A 1st or high 2:1 in a related Engineering degree (ideally a Red Brick University)

  • Proven FPGA design experience using VHDL and Verilog

  • Experience of developing firmware to meet well-defined specifications

  • An interest in mobile communications

    This is a great opportunity for a Senior FPGA Design Engineer to join a very well-established technology business that are a leader in their field

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