FPGA Engineer

Slough

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FPGA Engineer – £40k - £65k – semi remote - Slough

Hexwired Recruitment is recruiting for an expanding Electronics manufacturer based in Slough now seeking an FPGA Engineer to help deliver key projects for clients across a range of applications. You will be working as part of an experienced team to develop a range of bespoke products.

The company are expanding to meet the demands of their clients and are seeking an FPGA Engineer ideally with previous experience in VHDL and hands on Xilinx experience. As the company is beginning a number of projects from scratch, you will get the chance to see a number of products from design to manufacture.

This is am FPGA job focusing primarily on VHDL programming for either Xilinx or Altera FPGA’s. as well as working on high speed and low latency applications.

Key Skills:

Degree in Embedded Systems, Electronics, Maths or similar
3+ years commercial FPGA design experience
Good commercial VHDL experience
Commercial Xilinx or Altera experience
Experience working on PCIe and or DDR4 comms

The company are looking to offer circa £65k along with an excellent benefits package, remote work and the chance to work on a diverse range of products. If you’re interested in this FPGA Design engineer job, please apply.

For more information on this role, or any other jobs across; Embedded, C++ programming, Embedded Linux, Golang Development, Machine Learning, Data Science or Simulation contact us today

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