FPGA Engineering Manager

Join a business at the forefront of innovation, with a lot to offer! A company backed by a record multi year order book, offering long term stability and sustained investment, with years of secured work ahead!

Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and must hold British Nationality as their primary nationality.

Why this role is different: You'll step into a strategic leadership position where your expertise directly influences complex, high performance products used in some of the most advanced technical environments in the world. You'll guide a talented team, drive engineering excellence, and help define the long term FPGA roadmap.

Company highlights:

• Be part of an organisation that invests in its people and their long-term success:
• Join a company who are a global leader in defence innovation, known not only for its technological excellence but also for its outstanding workplace culture.
• A reputable business who, have a number of awards and recognitions, including Sunday times 'Best Places to Work 2024'. Recognised as a 'Most Loved Organisation'
• A organisation passionate about it's people with accreditations such as 'Investors in People 'We Invest in People' (Gold) & Investors in People 'We Invest in Wellbeing' (Platinum) - the highest level of accreditation.
• Passionate advocates for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, with 10+ employee networks.
• Committed employer of veterans and service leavers, awarded as one of the Top 15 Great British Employers of Veterans in the Forces in Business Awards 2025 and Gold member of 'The 5% Club'. Armed Forces Covenant (Gold).
• Be part of a growing team, involved in an international product range, and influencing today's most advanced innovations!
• Full range of company benefits, flexible working, training, development, and clear career progression!
• Evolving business, with formal training programmes covering both technical and soft skills, complemented by lunchtime learning sessions, language courses, and supported self-study, with access to thousands of online courses and learning resources.

What We're Looking For:

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience of hands on years FPGA or digital hardware design experience, including experience in a technical leadership or management role.
• Proven delivery of complex FPGA systems from concept to production.
• Deep expertise in RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, and FPGA toolchains.
• Strong background in high-speed interfaces, DSP, control logic, and image processing.
• Solid understanding of hardware-software co-design and embedded systems integration.
• Experience with verification methodologies and test automation.
• Knowledge of scripting and automation for productivity and quality.
• Background in system architecture, performance optimization, and cross-domain trade-offs.
• Experience in data center, telecom, aerospace/defence, or high-performance computing environments is a plus.
• Exposure to hardware security, functional safety, or DO-254-compliant design is advantageous.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing FPGA and digital design organization, setting clear technical direction and fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and innovation.
• Own the end-to-end architecture, design, and delivery of complex FPGA solutions from concept through production, ensuring performance, power, area, reliability, and quality targets are met.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, verification, and hardware validation.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with systems, software, hardware, and verification teams to define requirements and deliver integrated solutions.
• Establish and enforce best practices in design methodology, verification, documentation, IP reuse, and automation.
• Lead project planning, estimation, scheduling, and execution while proactively managing risks, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent, balancing deep technical expertise with organizational scalability.
• Partner with system architects on FPGA/ASIC/software partitioning and guide long-term technical strategy based on evolving FPGA technology roadmaps.

Hybrid & Flexible working: This role offers flexible working but does require engineers on site for 3-4 days per week and is a secure site where SC clearance is needed.

Competitive benefits package: The company offers a bonus of up to 21% of base salary, a pension contribution of up to 14%, flexible working arrangements, enhanced parental leave of up to 26 weeks (with additional support for paternity, neonatal leave and fertility treatments), and excellent on-site facilities including subsidised meals and free parking.

Even if you feel like you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to reach out and apply.