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Senior FPGA Engineer, £100-140k

Enterprise Recruitment LimitedChesterton, Cambridge🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 13 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As a Senior FPGA Engineer, you'll be instrumental in designing real-time systems for a rapidly expanding European company, with a competitive salary of up to £140k and significant equity on offer. This on-site role in Cambridge presents a clear progression path and the chance to truly shape a company's FPGA function, making it ideal for experienced engineers seeking substantial impact and career growth. Seize this exceptional opportunity to join a leading innovator and advance your career.

Quick Overview

Salary
£100 - £140/hr
Work Type
On Site
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Are you an ambitious FPGA Engineer, excited by the proposition of joining one of the fastest growing companies in Europe?The business has lots of capital, pays excellent salaries and is offering major equity to joiners in 2026.They are at an exciting stage of growth and looking for a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and build the real-time systems powering their first-generation hardware.

This is an office-based FPGA Engineer role in Central Cambridge with a clear progression path and the opportunity to carve out a niche.

They will pay up to £140,000 + relocation and equity for the right person.That said, they are looking for the best.

Senior FPGA Engineer requirements:

  • Minimum 10+ years commercial FPGA Engineering (Implementation, simulation, verification and test)
  • Coding in SystemVerilog or VHDL
  • FPGA external interface designs (e.g. PCIe, Aurora, Ethernet, SPI etc.)
  • Strong academic background
  • Proactive, collaborative mindset with ownership of projects
  • Resident in the UK for at least 5 years

This is a rare chance to make an immediate impact, stay hands-on with development, and help shape the FPGA function of a company thats scaling fast.

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Position: Senior FPGA Engineer

Location: Cambridge

Salary: £100-140k

Key Skills: FPGA, Verilog or VHDL

Desirable skills: RF, DSP

Apply: jamie AT enterpriserecruitment DOTcom

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Im not an engineer myself, but have a BSc in Computer Science so have a technical understanding.Feel free to send your CV and I can match you to our other suitable roles.I specialise in recruiting software and electronic engineers for technology companies throughout the UK.


Skills

FPGA
VHDL
Verilog

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