Senior FPGA Engineer (Electronic Warfare)

Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom; mostly onsite with a strong onsite presence required. Relocation support to Lincoln is available.

Salary: £52,000–£62,000 per year, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global is an independent technology company providing secure digital services, data management, and defence solutions for highly secure organisations.

What you will do

• Lead the design, implementation, and verification of FPGA-based DSP systems for RF signal processing and high-throughput applications.
• Develop solutions on AMD/Xilinx RFSoC (Zynq UltraScale+) and Intel FPGA platforms, including Agilex and Stratix.
• Integrate high-speed ADC/DAC interfaces and real-time data pipelines across complex RF and signal-processing chains.
• Use VHDL, SystemVerilog, and MATLAB/Simulink HDL workflows to deliver robust implementations.
• Support laboratory integration, testing, and evaluation using RF instrumentation, while contributing to system architecture and design quality.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and work with system engineers, software teams, domain specialists, and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong experience developing FPGA-based DSP systems for real-time or RF-centric applications.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and HDL Coder workflows.
• Experience deploying solutions to Xilinx RFSoC and/or Intel FPGA platforms.
• Experience with laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, signal generators, and signal analysers.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers.
• Must be a UK National and eligible to obtain and maintain UK Government SC clearance.

Nice to have

• Embedded Linux or bare-metal C development.
• High-speed interfaces such as AXI and JESD204, memory architectures, streaming data architectures, and high-throughput signal handling.
• Experience with electronic warfare, radar, or spectrum-related systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment with a supportive and friendly workplace.
• 25 days of annual leave, including the December shutdown, with the option to buy or sell up to five additional days.
• Two pension schemes, private medical and dental insurance, life assurance, save and share schemes, and an annual wellness allowance.
• Electric or hybrid car leasing, cycle-to-work support, retail discounts, and continuous professional development.
• Work closely with UK and international customers in an environment where electronic warfare capability is developed, tested, and applied.
• Relocation support to Lincoln of up to £8,000 is available.