Principal Digital Engineer

Principal FPGA Engineer- North Hykeham (LN6) Permanent - Hybrid Up to £70,000 depending on experience 25 days annual leave inclusive of up to 3 days Christmas shut-down Buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave Annual Wellbeing allowance Two pension schemes to choose from Private Medical Insurance discounts for additional family members Life Assurance scheme up to 4 x salary Share Save scheme Electric/Hybrid Car leasing scheme Cycle to work scheme Retail discounts Career development support Were growing our Electronic Warfare Operations Support Group (EWOS), a team of over 60 specialists from a wide range of backgrounds. Our engineers, scientists, and ex-military personnel work together to help our customers achieve the true operational potential and help keep their people and platforms safe. As part of this growth, MASS is looking for an Principal FPGA Engineer to join our modelling team in Lincoln, supporting the delivery of technical excellence on a large, cutting-edge System-of-Systems programme. Youll work closely, with cross functional teams, acting as a technical lead in the design and delivery of systems that include RF signal chains, high-speed digital interfaces, and real-time DSP. Your work will influence key architectural decisions, address integration challenges, and help shape the development of reconfigurable hardware platforms for use in mission-critical environments. The invaluable experience youll bring, to help us achieve more. Define and implement advanced FPGA architectures for RF signal processing, high-throughput data handling, and real-time logic. Collaborate with systems, RF, embedded software, and verification engineers to ensure end-to-end performance and compliance. Lead or contribute to the implementation of designs using VHDL, SystemVerilog, and MATLAB/Simulink HDL Coder. Develop low-level C software for FPGA bring-up, test, and integration. Use industry-standard tools such as Vivado, Quartus, and ModelSim for simulation, synthesis, and implementation. Drive design verification, unit testing, and documentation to ensure high-reliability deployment. Proficiency in VHDL, SystemVerilog, and embedded C for FPGA-host integration, control, and testing. Desirable Experience Experience working with embedded Linux, bare-metal C drivers, or FPGA-based system integration. Knowledge of data framing, tagging, and high-throughput IQ data handling. Experience working with synthetic electromagnetic environments and their associated software and hardware requirements and limitations Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our people are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programmes and policies that support individuals, including mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive employee assistance programme. Due to the highly secure nature of the projects that you will be involved with, you must be: Eligible to obtain and maintain a UK Government SC-level security clearance Apply today to see how working for MASS could work for you!