FPGA Developer

This job will provide you with an opportunity to further your career alongside some of the best and most passionate technology experts from around the world in a leading company within the test, measurement and data analytics industry. You will be a strong contributor collaborating closely with colleagues from various business functions.

At HBK, we live up to our three values: Be True, Own It and Aim High. We believe in absolute integrity – it’s how we win for stakeholders, the environment and each other. We believe in teamwork and keeping our promises – to ourselves and others. Finally, we believe in being bold and positive. This is how we perform at our best and achieve greater success.

The position

We are looking for an experience FPGA Developer to join our HBK DAQ R&D team based in Waalwijk, Netherlands. This team is part of a bigger global R&D team, which is responsible for developing HBK’s new product portfolio. These products contribute to a variety of applications across technology sectors such as: Automotive, Electric Drives & Generator, Aerospace, Energy / High-Voltage, Material Testing and Service.

You will be responsible for developing real time and high throughput data hardware applications and will work in close cooperation with the analog, digital, firmware, software, mechanical and test design engineers, local as well as with remote teams. You will support the full lifecycle of the design phase, from concept through implementation and release including maintenance on active products. Relevant keywords are FPGA, Verilog, VHDL, Tcl scripting, high speed digital data, digital filters, DDR, PCIe, JESD204b, DMA, JTAG.

Primary responsibilities

You will be our go to engineer when it comes to FPGA development. You are an experienced expert on the job with a lot of knowledge in FPGA design and capable of setting the direction with the team. Your primary task will be to implement new innovative FPGA designs for measurement devices. Along with that comes the consulting and alignment of your coworkers located in Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands (Waalwijk), Portugal and USA.

Your daily work includes:

Development activities:

• FPGA design (both architectural and actual realization)

• Digital Signal Processing (like digital filters, linearization and scaling)

• Running and developing FPGA test benches

• Work in or adjacent to agile teams (usually Scrum)

• Documenting your designs and interfaces

Professional qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or comparable through proven experience.

• Min. 7 years of experience with FPGA development and related quality assurance.

• You have a deep understanding of digital electronics and architecture.

• Experience with digital signal processing like e.g. digital filtering, linearization and scaling.

• Experience with Xilinx, Altera and/or Microsemi development toolchains, Modelsim and Tcl scripting.

• Experienced in using development tools like Altium Designer is a plus.

Personal skills

• Attention to detail, thoroughness and clear communication skills.

• Proactive, able to work under own initiative or instruction

• Excellent listener and translating conversions into actions

• Team player, with excellent interpersonal skills

• Living company values and ethics

• Fluent in written and spoken English.

• Experience in working in international located development team is a plus.

We Offer 

Freedom with responsibility is the framework for HBK’s employees. This allows for a good balance between work and family life and for constant development of professional and personal skills in an international and enjoyable working environment.

One company – HBK

On 1 January 2019, Brüel & Kjær and HBM merged their activities into a new company called HBK (Hottinger Brüel & Kjær). With more than 3,500 employees worldwide and production facilities in Denmark, Germany, the UK, the USA, China and Portugal and presence in 80 countries, HBK is a leading player in the test and measurement area. For further info please visit www.hbkworld.com.

HBK is a division of Spectris plc, a UK-based productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company serving leading aerospace, automotive, medical, and other customers. Spectris plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.