Embedded Systems Design Engineer (FPGA / DSP)

Cirrus Selection Limited

📍 Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Full-time computer-and-mathematical Posted March 01, 2026

Job Description

Embedded Systems Design Engineer (FPGA / DSP)

Based in Stevenage

Salaries between £40,000–£60,000 DOE + Bonus, 14% Pension, Overtime

If you’re happiest working at the boundary between FPGA fabric and embedded software, this will feel familiar.

This role focuses on complex embedded digital systems, where partitioning between software and programmable logic is a real design decision, not an afterthought.

You’ll work across:

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FPGA / firmware development

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Embedded C/C++ on constrained platforms

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SoC architectures

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High-throughput DSP applications

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Image processing and Software Defined Radio

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Hardware bring-up and on-target integration

A big part of the role is system-level thinking. Modelling performance, understanding latency and bandwidth constraints, balancing what belongs in FPGA fabric versus software, and validat...