Hardware Design Engineer

United Kingdom
Today
£40,000 – £70,000 pa

Salary

£40,000 – £70,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (Today)

Benefits

Competitive salary Share option scheme Flexible and hybrid working Working from home budget Private health insurance for yourself and your family 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and two wellness weeks) 50% gym membership discount

Job Title: Hardware Design Engineer

Reports to: Director of Hardware Engineering

Department: Engineering

đź’Ľ About the role

We’re seeking an experienced hardware design engineer to expand our cryptographic hardware IP team. You would be joining a mature design team with a proven track record of delivering market leading cryptographic IP, your role would expose you to the latest cryptographic standards and allow you to develop for the latest technologies.

We hope that you have at least 5 years of experience working on hardware design of complex IPs targeted at deployment on latest generation FPGAs, preferably with some experience working with cryptographic and security IPs.

We have been established since 2018, so you would be directly working with the founders and inventors of this deep tech startup. The technology is already a couple of years in the making, its feasibility having been established, funding secured, and it has a clear path to market. This is a great opportunity for career progression and to get a head start in a rapidly expanding segment of the technology industry.

⚒️ What you’ll be doing

  • Design and implementation of hardware IP blocks and subsystems.
  • Tailoring implementations to FPGAs
  • Working with verification engineers to create verification and test plans.
  • Creation of reliable, reusable and excellently structured hardware design flows.
  • Providing feedback to architects on feasibility of implementation and specification quality.
  • Ensuring clean lint and implementation reports for IP blocks and subsystems.

🎯 Required Skills And Qualifications

  • A commitment to high quality engineering in all areas of their work, including advocating for the best long-term solutions over the easiest or quickest.
  • Optimising designs for both area and performance in FPGA technologies.
  • Experience building hardware IP blocks from scratch, and owning the process from initial specification through to customer delivery.
  • Confidence bringing up a design using a basic “designers testbench”.
  • Experience with standard commercial EDA Design tooling flows.
  • Knowledge of common bus protocols (e.g. AMBA AXI4, AHB).
  • Experience building and simulating hardware/software co-designs.
  • Confidence in debugging RTL simulations issues.
  • Degree or equivalent in Electronics/Computer Science or other related discipline.

🖥️ Specific Technologies You Are Confident Using

  • FPGA and emulation experience. We use Xilinx FPGAs extensively for prototyping and hardware/firmware co-development.
  • Logical IP design using SystemVerilog.
  • Version control using Git.
  • Writing System and subsystem level tests in C, using CMake as a build system.
  • Confidence using tools like Bash, TCL, CMake and Makefiles safely and sensibly.

👍 Preferred Skills And Qualifications

  • Python scripting for flows and automation
  • Experience debugging gate level simulations.
  • Knowledge of Industry standard SoC Security Architectures
  • Knowledge of tamper resistance and/or power side-channel security countermeasures.
  • Experience using Gitlab CI, or otherwise principles of continuous integration and testing.

🏆 Some of the perks of working with us:

  • Unparalleled opportunities to learn and accelerated career development.
  • A collaborative, team environment with people who truly love what they do.
  • Competitive salary and share option scheme.
  • Flexible and hybrid working, and a working from home budget.
  • Private health insurance for yourself and your family.
  • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and two wellness weeks).
  • 50% gym membership discount.
  • The chance to work with a spirited, smart, and friendly team!

Interested? Apply today to be part of the future of secure hardware! 🚀


PQShield is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We’re passionate about talent and proud to foster an inclusive environment; all applicants will be considered regardless of their gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and age.

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