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Graduate VHDL Design Engineer - Linlithgow - Edinburgh

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Ref: 1208 Date Posted: Thursday 08 Oct 2026

Graduate VHDL Design Engineer - Linlithgow - Full Time

Calnex Solutions is a fast-growing, world renowned, innovative company that develops leading edge products for testing network equipment and network application performance.

Our Engineers work in multi-discipline product development teams that include software and hardware design and system test Engineers.  The teams work closely with marketing and sales, turning market and customer requirements into high quality, fully functional products.

We have exciting opportunities for graduates to join our development team this year.  Working on real product feature development and mentored by experienced Engineers, this is an excellent opportunity to launch your career working as part of, and learning from, a world class development team who are creating leading edge products.

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Key Responsibilities:

  • Developing new FPGA based designs and/or modifying existing designs to support delivery of new product features as per specification.
  • Contributing to the development and evolution of large complex FPGA architectures.
  • Support quality-oriented activities necessary to deliver a product that will delight our customers.
  • Learn the domain and hence appreciate the real-life use cases of the product features

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Essential Skills and Qualifications:

  • Educated to Degree level in Electronics or an equivalent subject
  • Grasp of digital design techniques
  • Knowledge of VHDL design and simulation
  • Experience of scripting languages such as Python or Tcl would be beneficial
  • Ability to work closely with others in a multi-discipline team
  • Ability to respond to tight deadlines in a dynamic environment

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Beneficial Skills:

  • Hardware design experience
  • Knowledge of Ethernet packet structures and Telecoms Framing structures 

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Calnex strives to develop its employees through a mixture of work experience and training to provide career advancement. We have an open and supportive culture and, being a smaller Company, our Graduates can quickly get a broad understanding of all aspects of the business.

Calnex rewards success and offers competitive salaries. Our comprehensive benefits package includes a contributory pension plan, flexible holidays, life assurance, critical illness cover, private healthcare, performance bonus and an opportunity to join the Calnex Employee Share Incentive Plan.

The Calnex team are currently working in a hybrid model at their manger’s discretion. This flexibility is dependent on job role and supports a positive work/life balance and the needs of the business. This role requires a minimum of 2 working days in the office (Tuesday and Thursday), with the other three days at home when possible. This may vary depending on what’s required to fulfil the requirements of the role.  

Take a look at our website to find out more about what we do and what it’s like to be an employee at Calnex!

Applicants must be currently based in the UK and have ongoing, unrestricted rights to work in the UK.

Click ‘Apply Here’ to start your e-Placement Scotland journey with Calnex Solutions

 

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