Hybrid Senior Hardware Development Engineer – Digital FPGA

at Picotech Ltd

• Job title: Senior Hardware Development Engineer – Digital FPGA
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £80,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, St Neots, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Hardware Engineer specializing in Digital FPGA at Pico Technology. Designing and implementing RTL for high speed data acquisition architecture in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of FPGA functionality from initial requirements through to VHDL implementation
• Develop digital logic to optimise data throughput and minimise latency
• Build comprehensive test benches and conduct in-system debugging
• Evaluate and select FPGAs for new designs balancing performance with cost
• Calculate, simulate, and prototype designs for performance and reliability
• Partner with Product Line team on project scoping and estimation

Requirements

• Proven experience designing and developing high performance solutions using VHDL or Verilog
• A strong grasp of digital and analogue hardware design principles
• Experience developing integrated, multi-layered PCB solutions
• Deep understanding of signal integrity, noise mitigation, and crosstalk management
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex hardware faults using simulation
• Excellent translation skills of complex technical data for various stakeholders
• Detail focused with strong organisational skills to deliver high quality work within Agile timescales
• Experience with Vivado, ModelSim, or Git
• Scripting knowledge (Python/TCL)

Benefits

• Flexible holidays
• Access to holiday homes
• Profit Related Pay (PRP) bonus
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free fruit and bean-to-cup coffee