Embedded Systems Design Engineer (FPGA / DSP)
Based in Stevenage
Salaries between £40,000–£60,000 DOE + Bonus, 14% Pension, Overtime
If you’re happiest working at the boundary between FPGA fabric and embedded software, this will feel familiar.
This role focuses on complex embedded digital systems, where partitioning between software and programmable logic is a real design decision, not an afterthought.
You’ll work across:
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FPGA / firmware development
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Embedded C/C++ on constrained platforms
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SoC architectures
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High-throughput DSP applications
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Image processing and Software Defined Radio
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Hardware bring-up and on-target integration
A big part of the role is system-level thinking. Modelling performance, understanding latency and bandwidth constraints, balancing what belongs in FPGA fabric versus software, and validating those decisions during integration.
The portfolio ranges from advanced DSP systems through to safety and security critical embedded platforms, using devices from Xilinx, Intel, TI and Analog Devices. You’ll be involved from early architectural decisions through to lab integration and system prove-out.
This isn’t siloed engineering. You’ll sit in a multidisciplinary team working alongside hardware, systems and software engineers, with the opportunity to grow either technically or into a technical lead position over time.
You’ll likely have experience in one or more of:
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Digital hardware or FPGA design
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Embedded software development
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Partitioning functions across FPGA and CPU domains
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Integration and test of embedded systems on real hardware
British citizenship or being a Dual national with British citizenship is required for security clearance.
If you enjoy solving hard embedded problems and seeing the full system come together on hardware, this is worth a discussion.
