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Embedded Systems Engineer - FPGA Platform

Kidlington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop embedded control, acquisition, timing, and communications systems for quantum-enabled RF sensors and deployable sensing products.

Role type

Senior IC embedded systems engineer (FPGA/Linux)

Builds

Quantum RF sensors, sensing products, and control systems

Domain

Quantum technology / RF sensing / Embedded systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Embedded Linux development, FPGA SoC platforms (Xilinx), C/C++, Rust, Yocto/Buildroot, board bring-up, device-tree configuration, hardware drivers, Python for test automation, Git/CI

Preferred skills

VHDL/Verilog, high-throughput data acquisition, RF sensing/timing/signal-processing, networked instrumentation protocols (SCPI, VXI-11/LXI, MQTT, gRPC, REST), systems engineering (UML/SysML), CI/CD pipeline management

Technologies

Xilinx Vivado, Yocto, Buildroot, C, C++, Rust, Python, Git

Responsibilities

Develop embedded Linux software, firmware, and board-support packages; configure and deploy embedded Linux distributions; develop device-tree configurations and low-level drivers; integrate FPGA SoC platforms with microcontrollers and electronics; perform board bring-up, hardware-firmware integration, automated testing, and debugging; produce technical documentation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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