FPGA Design Engineer (contract)

• 16/06/25
• East Midlands, Derby
• £500 - 800 per day
• Contract
• Analytics, Data, AI and ML
• Full time

Contract FPGA Design Engineer – Safety-Critical Projects

Location: Derby (on-site)

Contract: Inside IR35 paying up to £800/day

Fancy getting stuck into some high-impact, safety-critical work with a top-tier engineering team? One of our clients is on the lookout for an experienced FPGA contractor to join them on-site in Derby. The work’s challenging, rewarding, and genuinely important – this is proper engineering that makes a difference.

The job:

You’ll be embedded in a high-performing firmware team working on complex systems for national-level projects. Agile SCRUM, modern toolsets, and a big focus on quality – they’re doing things properly here.

You’ll be:

• Capturing requirements in DOORS

• Designing firmware architectures and low-level specs

• Writing VHDL/Verilog in Sigasi Studio

• Running simulations in QuestaSIM

• Doing synthesis, place & route, and timing analysis (Synplify, Xilinx FPGAs)

• Automating workflows with Python

• Supporting CI/CD pipelines and using GIT for version control

• Feeding into process improvements and helping streamline delivery

What they’re after:

• Solid background in FPGA and digital design

• Experience working on real-time or safety-critical systems

• Strong with VHDL/Verilog and the usual toolsets

• Comfortable working solo or as part of a team

• Someone who can hit the ground running

Clearance required
You’ll need to be eligible for SC clearance and a UK national (or dual national from a non-ITAR country) due to the nature of the work.