Junior FPGA Engineer

Job description

This role sits within an established FPGA engineering team supporting performance-critical trading systems. The position offers hands-on exposure across the full FPGA development lifecycle, working closely with software engineers and trading stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions.

The successful candidate will contribute to the design, implementation, testing, and integration of FPGA applications, gaining experience in low-latency systems while building a strong foundation within a collaborative engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Work alongside software engineers and trading teams to design and deploy FPGA solutions across trading platforms
• Deliver FPGA applications end-to-end, including RTL design, synthesis, place & route, and static timing analysis
• Develop and maintain shared testing and validation frameworks
• Support FPGA–software integration by building APIs and optimising interfaces
• Identify and propose practical solutions to FPGA, hardware, and system-level constraints

Required Experience & Skills

• 2–3 years’ experience in FPGA engineering within defence, aerospace, telecoms, or research-driven environments
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on, full-time FPGA development experience
• Strong VHDL development capability with supporting Python skills
• Experience working in Linux-based development environments
• Solid engineering fundamentals with good coding and design discipline
• Comfortable collaborating within multi-disciplinary teams
• Working knowledge of networking, computer architecture, and verification concepts
• Prior exposure to C/C++ is beneficial but not essential
• Clear interest in technology-driven trading or financial markets

Contact Ciara Clarke at Harrington Starr for a confidential discussion on this role.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Published at

12-01-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English