Senior FPGA Engineer (RFSoC / DSP)

Bristol (Onsite)

£90,000 - £95,000 + benefits

Must be eligible for SC clearance

KO2’s client, an innovative and rapidly growing engineering organisation based in Bristol, is looking to recruit a Senior FPGA Engineer to join their high-performing hardware and signal processing team.

This is a hands on technical leadership role where you will play a key part in the design and development of complex FPGA architectures used in advanced sensing and signal processing systems. The position is approximately 80% technical delivery, with additional responsibility for mentoring engineers and helping shape engineering processes and best practices.

The role is five days onsite in Bristol, working closely with multidisciplinary teams across hardware, RF, and software.

The Role

As a Senior FPGA Engineer, you will contribute to the architecture and implementation of high-performance FPGA solutions used within cutting-edge systems that process large volumes of real-world data in real time.

You will work with AMD/Xilinx RFSoC platforms, designing FPGA signal processing pipelines and ensuring performance, determinism, and scalability across complex systems.

This is an opportunity to influence system-level architecture, improve engineering workflows, and help drive technical excellence within the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance FPGA architectures using Xilinx / AMD RFSoC platforms
• Develop and optimise DSP algorithms within FPGA fabric
• Work closely with RF, hardware, and software teams to deliver integrated systems
• Support hardware bring-up, testing, and debugging in lab environments
• Lead by example within the FPGA team, mentoring and supporting junior engineers
• Contribute to engineering methodology improvements and best practices
• Participate in system architecture discussions and technical decision making

Required Experience

• Strong FPGA development experience using Xilinx / AMD devices
• Proven experience working with RFSoC or Software Defined Radio (SDR) platforms
• Strong DSP fundamentals with the ability to translate algorithms into FPGA implementations
• Experience developing FPGA designs in VHDL using Vivado
• Experience delivering performance-critical FPGA designs with challenging timing or resource constraints
• Comfortable working with hardware in lab environments (bring-up, debugging, validation)
• Eligible to obtain SC security clearance

Desirable Experience

• MATLAB or Python for DSP modelling or algorithm development
• Experience with multi-channel acquisition systems
• Familiarity with high-speed data interfaces and streaming architectures
• Background in RF systems, sensing technologies, or defence-related environments
• Experience improving engineering processes and development workflows

Why Apply?

This role offers the opportunity to join a highly capable engineering team working on technically demanding systems where FPGA design is central to product performance. You will have significant influence over both the technical direction and development practices within the team.

If you are an experienced FPGA engineer looking for a technically challenging role with leadership influence, KO2’s client would like to hear from you.

Apply today or contact KO2 Recruitment for more information.