FPGA and Embedded Software Engineer
// Role Summary
Join Babcock as an FPGA and Embedded Software Engineer in Ashton, Bristol, and play a vital role in developing cutting-edge real-time data processing applications for critical national capabilities. This permanent, full-time position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and hybrid working arrangements.
// Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and integrate embedded and radio-frequency systems.
- Work with modern technologies including System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms and Software-Defined Radios (SDR).
- Contribute to the full engineering lifecycle for mission-critical capabilities.
- Collaborate within a highly skilled, multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Requires proven FPGA development experience (VHDL or Verilog) and embedded Linux knowledge.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.
// Role Specification
FPGA and Embedded Software Engineer
At Babcock, we are creating a safe and secure world. As a Field Programmable Gate Array and Embedded Software Engineer based in Ashton, near Bristol, you will engineer technology that protects critical national capabilities. Your career here is about purpose, working on advanced systems that safeguard national security and deliver real-world impact.
You will be trusted to solve complex problems, collaborate with experts, and shape solutions that matter. This role is part of a highly skilled engineering team developing cutting-edge real-time data processing applications across the full engineering life cycle. You will contribute to the design, development, testing, and integration of embedded and radio-frequency systems that support mission-critical capabilities.
This exciting opportunity involves working with modern technologies such as System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms, Software-Defined Radios (SDR), and Open Architecture frameworks. You will collaborate closely with systems, quality, and requirements specialists, gaining deep technical exposure while building a career in a fast-growing, high-integrity environment that actively encourages innovation and learning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with a team of engineers to design, build, test, and deploy embedded RF applications across the full life cycle.
- Ensure applications integrate with an OpenCPI platform.
- Conduct Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design, including Digital Signal Processing (DSP) elements.
- Perform test and verification activities.
- Integrate solutions with System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms.
- Manage data exchange with services higher in the application stack.
What We're Looking For:
Essential Experience:
- Proven, recent FPGA development experience over multiple projects.
- Experience in either VHDL or Verilog.
- Experience working with embedded Linux or comparable operating systems.
- Experience contributing to test, verification, and integration activities.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) / Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. This position requires the individual to be a Sole UK National.
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary + Benefits
- Full-time, Permanent Role (37 hours per week)
- Hybrid Working Arrangements
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces
- Holiday Trading options
- 'Be Kind Day' – one paid volunteering day each year
- Flexible working options supporting work-life balance
- A dynamic working environment
Join Babcock and contribute to essential products and services that support national security and public infrastructure. We are committed to building an inclusive culture and are happy to discuss flexible working options.