Lead Firmware / FPGA Specialist

🚀 Lead Firmware / FPGA Specialist – Next Generation Surveillance Radar Systems

📍 Edinburgh | Hybrid Working | Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits

Are you an experienced Firmware or FPGA Engineer looking to shape the future of advanced surveillance technology

?
We're seeking a Lead Firmware / FPGA Speciali st for our client to play a pivotal role in the development of cutting-edge surveillance radar systems used across air, land, and maritime domains. This is an exceptional opportunity to influence the architecture, design, and delivery of next-generation radar solutions from concept through to deploymen

t.

Why J

oin?
You'll be joining a highly skilled engineering team working on mission-critical technology where innovation, performance, and reliability are paramount. As new programmes launch from the ground up, you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact on future defence and surveillance capabili

ties.

What You'll B

e Doing🔹 Leading the development of complex FPGA and firmware solutions for advanced radar

systems🔹 Capturing and deriving firmware requirements from system-level specifi

cations🔹 Defining architectures and driving design maturity throughout the development li

fecycle🔹 Supporting integration, verification, qualification, and system-level de

bugging🔹 Collaborating closely with hardware, software, and systems engineerin

g teams🔹 Driving best practices across FPGA/Firmware deliver

y teams🔹 Mentoring and developing junior en

gineers

What We're Lo

oking For✅ Degree qualified in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related d

iscipline✅ Strong experience across the full FPGA/Firmware development

lifecycle✅ Expertise in VHDL design and FPGA imple

mentation✅ Experience with modern FPGA architectures, including System-on-Chip platforms such as Xili

nx Versal✅ Knowledge of timing closure, area optimisation, and FPGA place-and-route t

echniques✅ Proven experience integrating and debugging complex hardware/softwar

e systems✅ Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineer

ing teams

Desirable

Experience⭐ MATLAB & Simulink model-b

ased design⭐ Verilog, SystemVeril

og, and UVM⭐ Siemens HDL Designer an

d QuestaSim⭐ DOORS an

d ReqTracer⭐ Defence, aerospace, radar, or other safety-critical

industriesLocation & Security R

equirements
This role is based in Edinburgh with hybrid working available. Candidates should be prepared to attend site as programme requirements dictate, typically around 3 days per week, increasing during key pro

ject phases.
Due to the nature of the work, applicants must have a minimum of 5 years UK residency and be eligib le to obtain SC Secur i

ty Clearance.
If you're passionate about FPGA technology and want to help develop world-class surveillance systems that make a real-world impact, we'd love to

hear from you.
📩 Apply today or contact us directly for a confident