Senior or Principal Firmware / FPGA Engineer

Leonardo Newcastle upon Tyne, England May 12, 2026

Type Part Time
Pay Not listed
Work Hybrid
Schedule Flexible

FPGA Engineer focuses on hardware requirements capture and firmware design.

What the role involves

  • Hardware requirements capture and firmware design.
  • FPGA design/development, analysis and integration.
  • Ensure that all firmware designs follow the company firmware process.
  • Degree (BSc, BEng, MEng, MSc, PhD, EngD) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (preferable) or related science (e.g. Physics or Computer science).
  • Ability to design RTL using VHDL is essential, knowledge of Verilog an advantage but not essential.
  • Design with FPGA technologies from either AMD(Xilinx), Intel (Altera) or Microsemi (Actel).

Skills and requirements

  • Relevant technical, electrical, mechanical, maintenance, gas, plumbing, or engineering experience may be required.

Confirmed role details

  • Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
  • Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
  • Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For Part Time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.
  • Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK.

Candidate fit

  • technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving
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