Senior Embedded Systems Lead Xilinx / FPGA

About the role

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Embedded Systems Lead with strong hands‑on expertise in Xilinx/AMD FPGA platforms, bare‑metal development, and embedded systems running on RTOS or Embedded Linux. The role combines deep technical ownership with system‑level leadership across embedded software, FPGA integration, hardware/software interfaces, testing and validation.

Key responsibilities

• Lead embedded software development on Xilinx/AMD FPGA and SoC platforms.
• Develop and maintain bare‑metal firmware for low‑level embedded applications.
• Integrate FPGA‑based systems with software running on RTOS and/or Embedded Linux.
• Design, debug and maintain embedded C/C++ applications, drivers, BSPs and low‑level interfaces.
• Support hardware bring‑up, board‑level debugging and HW/SW integration.
• Work through the full development lifecycle from requirements and architecture to implementation, testing and validation.

Required profile

• Strong hands‑on experience with Xilinx/AMD FPGA platforms.
• Proven bare‑metal embedded development experience.
• Extensive experience in embedded C/C++ development.
• Experience integrating FPGA systems with RTOS and/or Embedded Linux.
• Good understanding of BSPs, device drivers, bootloaders and low‑level interfaces.
• Strong hardware/software integration and debugging skills.
• Experience with Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+, MicroBlaze, Versal or similar platforms.
• Ability to take technical ownership from design through validation.
• Preferred experience in defence, aerospace or other safety‑critical systems.
• Experience leading or mentoring embedded engineering teams.

Required skills

• Xilinx AMD FPGA platforms
• Bare‑metal development
• Embedded C
• Embedded C++
• RTOS
• Embedded Linux
• BSPs
• Device drivers
• Bootloaders
• Hardware/software integration
• Debugging
• Zynq
• Zynq UltraScale+
• MicroBlaze
• Versal
• FPGA
• VHDL
• Verilog
• Imaging systems
• Camera processing
• Sensor processing