Senior FPGA Engineer

About SuperSharp

SuperSharp is a space tech company based in Cambridge, UK. Our aim is to disrupt the Earth Observation industry using innovative technology and a customer-centric approach. We’re focused on delivering Earth-imaging solutions that will provide insights to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Job Details

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior FPGA Engineer to join our team, applying your expertise to accelerate our product to launch-ready. We are looking for someone who will collaborate closely with colleagues in our multidisciplinary core technical team and be instrumental in helping to deliver world-class solutions.

As a Senior FPGA Engineer, you will lead our FPGA design development workstreams, which include mission-critical FPGA designs using VHDL / Verilog for our satellites. As we are a small team, the ability to work independently on delivering FPGA solutions is required.

The position will be full-time, starting as soon as possible.

Job requirements:

• ~5+ year’s of industry experience
• Experience in SystemVerilog / Verilog / VHDL for digital designs, ideally using high end Xilinx FPGAs[GU1] 
• Experience with the integration of IP cores for communication e.g. QSPI and SpaceWire, and signal processing.
• Experience with Vivado IDEs and/or other Xilinx ISE toolchains desirable.
• Ability to analyse system and / or hardware level requirements and derive detailed FPGA requirements
• Experience of making technical decisions and mitigating technical risk for FPGA design activities.
• Fault-finding, debugging, and good familiarity with test methodologies and simulation tools for FPGA development
• Experience in high-speed processing of data, ideally for mission-critical applications
• Experience with the integration of IP cores for communication e.g. QSPI and SpaceWire, and signal processing.
• Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience with Vivado IDEs and/or other Xilinx ISE toolchains is desirable.

SuperSharp is an early-stage SME based in Cambridge and part of the SATLANTIS group. There is opportunity for progression and development of new skills within the role. SuperSharp is an equal-opportunity employer.

There is no application deadline for this role and interviews will be held on a rolling basis with the post filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. To apply please send a CV and cover letter to .