Digital Hardware FPGA Engineer

Location: Tubize, Belgium

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Thales in Belgium is part of an internationally leading technology group in the defence and security, aerospace as well as digital identity and security markets. In a world characterised by uncertainties, we ensure that our customers, partners and employees can pursue new paths with confidence. For a future we can all trust.

Say HI* – to your career as

Digital Hardware FPGA Engineer

At the Tubize site

In Tubize, you will join more than 350 colleagues recognized by domestic and international partners for expertise on products such as Radio Frequency (RF) Products, C4ISR, Crypto Global Solution, MACS (Aeronautical Intercom) and many others.

Today the Group employs more than 1,000 people across nine sites in Belgium. Discover all Thales activities in Belgium here.

Your mission

Thales Belgium Hardware Products Department – Competence center – is responsible for R&D activities related to radios HF band (1.5 to 30 MHz) equipment as well as aeronautical and tactical vehicle calculators and communication devices that contribute to the Thales Group portfolio. As such, this Department leads the work for architecture, research and development, integration, validation, qualification and industrialization of Thales HF tactical products.

In this context, the Digital Hardware Engineer will take on the responsibility of designing and developing digital circuits in various domains such as cryptography, radio, power control and signal processing.

Your Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the design and development of digital products from concept to production. This includes analysis of customer specifications, sub-system and detailed design. You’ll define the PCB schematics and guide the layout engineer, validate prototypes, perform design integration and qualification, and follow up the design into production.
• Your field of activities will be centered on digital electronic systems design, ranging from simple embedded microcontrollers to high-end FPGA based systems.
• You’ll work in close collaboration with the Mechanics, Layout, Component , Embedded Software and FPGA design engineers.
• You’ll develop new skills, for designing HF/RF products.
• You will work inside an enthusiastic pluri-disciplinary engineering team which will give you the opportunity to evolve and enlarge your competence.
• Your work will be performed considering high level international standards and in-house quality procedures (ISO and Civil Aviation standards).

We are looking forward to

• Master’s Degree in electronics-telecommunication or equivalent.
• Practical experience with board design, analogue and digital techniques, FPGA’s and embedded software is an advantage.
• You have an analytical mind to be able to decompose system level requirements into component level specifications.
• Analyze customer needs and determine the requirements, capacity, and cost for developing products.
• Design, develop, analyze, and test new and existing electrical products to specifications provided by the customer and marketing.
• Design the digital hardware that can be used with either analog, digital, or mixed-signal technology.
• Responsible for new product development tasks, including breadboarding, circuit simulation, electronic test procedure documentation, and lab guidance of product testing.
• Ensure electronic designs meet industry standards and regulatory compliance.
• Creating analog and digital circuits, ensuring signal integrity and optimal performance.
• Knowledge of boundary scan testing is an advantage.
• Knowledge about reliability and design robustness analysis, such as MTBF and MTTF calculations, Worst case, Part stress, Failure Mode analysis, is an advantage.
• Knowledge about Signal Integrity is an advantage.
• Strong problem solving, debug and failure analysis skills with a solid understanding of core engineering principles.
• Hands-on laboratory work including using oscilloscope, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers and other test equipment.
• Strong communication skills required, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts in verbal and written forms across different management levels.
• Ability to work in team. Taste for international contacts. Manifest the flexibility needed to be integrated in the different stages of a project.
• Good knowledge of English is required. In addition, the candidate should preferably be fluent in French and/or Dutch.

Thales is a global technology leader with more than 81,000 employees on five continents. The Group is investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – Big Data, artificial intelligence, connectivity, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust.

For more than 20 years, Thales has pursued a robust corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy based on the highest international standards. The principles behind this policy are now captured in the company’s purpose of “building a future we can all trust”, which was adopted in 2020.

Say HI* – Your journey to us

At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? We are looking forward to your online application. Great journeys start here, apply now!

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