Job description
Coda Octopus designs, manufactures and supports advanced systems and software for the marine survey, construction, defence and security sectors. Our technologies include real-time 3D sonar systems, augmented reality diving systems, inertial navigation systems, GNSS positioning solutions and other high-performance underwater technologies used worldwide.
We are seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer to join our Edinburgh-based engineering team on a full-time basis.
The Role
You will play a key role in the design, verification and implementation of FPGA firmware and real-time signal processing solutions for new and existing products. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will contribute to the development of advanced sonar, navigation and sensing systems, including FPGA, DSP and GPU-accelerated (CUDA) processing technologies.
The successful candidate will be degree qualified (or equivalent) and have a minimum of five years' experience in FPGA firmware development. You will possess strong digital design, verification and hardware debugging skills, together with excellent problem-solving abilities, creativity, integrity and a genuine enthusiasm for technology and learning.
Essential Requirements
- Degree in Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Engineering or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum 5 years' FPGA firmware design experience
- Digital systems design and integration
- VHDL and/or Verilog development
- FPGA verification methodologies
- Hardware debugging and fault investigation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary development team
Desirable Experience
- High-speed ADC/DAC firmware design
- System-level firmware architecture
- Verification frameworks such as OSVVM
- Intel (Altera) FPGA development
- Digital signal processing (DSP), including beamforming and real-time signal processing applications
- Sonar, radar, communications, defence or underwater acoustics applications
- Embedded microcontroller firmware development
- Embedded software development
Key Responsibilities
- Develop FPGA firmware for new products and enhancements to existing products
- Define firmware requirements and architectures
- Design and implement digital communication interfaces including I²C, SPI and UART
- Develop and optimise FPGA-based digital signal processing and beamforming functions where required
- Undertake simulation, verification, integration and hardware testing
- Collaborate with hardware engineers to optimise system performance and reliability
- Investigate and resolve design issues, faults and non-conformances
- Produce design documentation and participate in design reviews
- Maintain version and release control in accordance with ISO 9001 quality standards
- Develop diagnostic and test tools using MATLAB, Python or TCL
- Contribute ideas and technologies for future product development
What We Offer
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience
- Opportunity to work on industry-leading sonar and navigation technologies
- Collaborative and innovative engineering environment
- Long-term career development within a growing technology company
For further information about Coda Octopus Products Ltd please visit our website at www.codaoctopus.com.
If you feel you have the necessary qualities and qualifications to join our team then please send your CV and covering letter to us explaining why this job is right for you.
Closing Date for this position is 7 September 2026.
No agencies, please.
Pay: £50,000.00-£70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Edinburgh EH12 9EB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
Experience:
- FPGA & DSP Design: 5 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
