Digital Hardware FPGA Engineer

Thales; Tubeke; Sur place; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible international collaboration

Résumé du poste

Thales Tubize is seeking a Digital Hardware FPGA Engineer to design and develop digital circuits for HF radio and aeronautical applications. You will guide PCB schematics, validate prototypes, and ensure production readiness across multidisciplinary teams.

Based in Tubize, you will work with engineers across analog/digital, RF and embedded software to meet international standards and aviation regulations. Fluent English; French/Dutch beneficial.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electronics‑telecommunication or equivalent.
• Experience with board design, analogue/digital techniques, FPGA and embedded software is an advantage.
• Strong analytical skills to decompose requirements into specs.
• Ability to assess customer needs, capacity and cost for development.
• Experience designing, developing and testing electrical products to specs.
• Design digital hardware compatible with mixed-signal tech.
• Hands-on lab work with test equipment.

Responsabilités

• Design and develop digital products from concept to production.
• Define PCB schematics and guide layout engineers; validate prototypes.
• Collaborate with mechanics, layout, components, embedded software and FPGA engineers.
• Develop new HF/RF product design skills.

Connaissances

FPGA

Board design

Analogue & digital

Embedded software

Signal integrity

Boundary-scan testing

Reliability analysis

Test equipment

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Formation

Master’s degree in electronics‑telecommunication

Description du poste

Digital Hardware FPGA Engineer – Tubize, Belgium

Location: Tubize, Belgium.

Thales Belgium is part of an internationally leading technology group in the defence, security, aerospace and digital identity markets. The team at Tubize works on a range of products including Radio Frequency (RF), C4ISR, Crypto Global Solution, MACS (Aeronautical Intercom) and many others.

Mission

As Digital Hardware Engineer, you will design and develop digital circuits for HF radio, aeronautical and tactical vehicle calculators, and communication devices. Your role covers the complete product life‑cycle from concept to production, ensuring compliance with international standards and in‑house quality procedures.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop digital products from concept to production, including analysis of customer specifications, subsystem and detailed design.
• Define PCB schematics and guide layout engineers, validate prototypes, perform design integration and qualification, and support transition to production.
• Work with mechanics, layout, components, embedded software, and FPGA engineers.
• Develop new skills in HF/RF product design.
• Operate within an enthusiastic, multi‑disciplinary engineering team and expand your competence.
• Ensure all work meets high‑level international and ISO standards, as well as civil aviation regulations.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electronics‑telecommunication or equivalent.
• Practical experience with board design, analogue and digital techniques, FPGA, and embedded software is an advantage.
• Strong analytical skills to decompose system‑level requirements into component specifications.
• Ability to analyze customer needs and determine requirements, capacity, and cost for product development.
• Experience designing, developing, analyzing, and testing electrical products to customer specifications.
• Design digital hardware compatible with analog, digital, or mixed‑signal technology.
• Responsibility for new product development tasks (breadboarding, circuit simulation, test procedure documentation, lab guidance).
• Ensure designs meet industry standards and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with boundary scan testing and reliability/robustness analysis (MTBF, MTTF, worst‑case, part stress, failure‑mode analysis) is an advantage.
• Knowledge of signal integrity is an advantage.
• Strong problem‑solving, debugging, and failure analysis skills.
• Hands‑on laboratory experience with oscilloscope, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and other test equipment.
• Excellent communication skills for expressing technical concepts verbally and in writing across all management levels.
• Team player with flexibility for international collaboration and project integration stages.
• Fluent in English; French and/or Dutch is preferred.

Thales is a global technology leader investing in digital and deep‑tech innovations. We offer a collaborative environment where you can grow and contribute to trusted products worldwide.