London
We are seeking FPGA Engineers to support multiple aerospace and defence engineering programmes across the UK. The role is consultancy-based, with engineers contributing to project-specific engagements focused on legacy FPGA designs, design recovery, and board bring-up. Work will involve both sustaining existing platforms and integrating FPGA designs onto new or updated hardware. Responsibilities • Develop, modify, and support FPGA designs for aerospace and defence systems, primarily focused on legacy and in-service platforms, • Reverse engineer existing FPGA implementations to recover design intent, interfaces, and functional behaviour, • Support board bring-up, including FPGA configuration, I/O validation, and interface debug, • Derive firmware requirements from hardware requirements and system-level constraints, • Implement and verify FPGA designs using HDL (VHDL and/or Verilog), • Collaborate with hardware, systems, and verification engineers during early-phase board design and integration, • Perform design verification activities appropriate to DO-254 low-complexity objectives, • Produce and review engineering and certification documentation, including PHAC inputs, design descriptions, verification evidence, and SOI support material Required Skills • Proven experience developing and supporting FPGA designs in aerospace or other safety-critical environments, • Strong understanding of FPGA architecture, timing, and interface design, • Experience with legacy FPGA devices and toolchains, • Ability to work across parallel design and verification activities with minimal supervision, • Familiarity with DO-254 processes, particularly for low-complexity or DAL D/C designs, • Ability to analyse undocumented designs and recover functional and interface behaviour, • UK Security Clearance (or eligibility to obtain it), • Willingness to work on-site 3–4 days per week, with project locations varying across the UK Preferred Skills • Strong FPGA experience using VHDL, including Xilinx or Microchip devices., • Proven experience working from limited or legacy design information., • Experience working in regulated aerospace or defence environments (DAL-D)., • Awareness of DO-254 or similar hardware certification standards is an advantage. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.