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Contract Senior Firmware Engineer FPGA / Firmware / Signal Processing Reading Hybrid Outside IR35 Start: ASAP Location: Reading / Hybrid Duration: 12 months Rate: 550700 per day (depending on experience), Outside IR35 Were supporting a growing engineering team who need an experienced Senior Firmware Engineer on a long-term contract. Youll be working on complex FPGA and signal processing firmware, with 23 days a week on-site in Reading. The project is expected to run for around 12 months and sits outside IR35. Please note that you must be eligible for SC Clearance for this contract (though you do not need to already be SC Cleared) Firmware Eghineer - What youll be doing: Develop FPGA firmware to industry standards, including signal processing blocks, high-speed interfaces, and glue logic Build testbenches, verify designs, and work across large FPGAs, SoCs, and PLDs Test firmware on hardware and support system-level integration Plan work with the team lead and deliver against agreed milestones Contribute to code reviews and day-to-day firmware team activities What were looking for: Strong background in FPGA architecture design Experience with DSP design and signal processing (RF, ADCs, DACs) Hands-on digital logic design at RTL level VHDL or Verilog exposure in a commercial environment Experience with Xilinx toolchains is a bonus (Vivado, Vitis, Petalinux TPBN1_UKTJ