SoC System Integration Architect: Hardware & FPGA

Fortaegis Technologies; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortaegis Technologies in Amsterdam seeks a System Integration Architect to own the physical integration of all system components—hardware, FPGA, firmware, and userspace applications. You will ensure deployability and reproducibility of CI/CD artifacts on real hardware.

You will build and maintain hardware test setups, flash bitstreams, and prepare golden images for QA. Collaboration with hardware and software engineers is essential to deliver repeatable, high-performance systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded systems bring-up.
• Familiarity with JTAG, SWD, USB-to-UART, SPI/I2C debugging.
• Knowledge of FPGA flashing processes.
• Strong network engineering knowledge (network managers, routing tables, cabling).
• Strong Linux system administration skills.
• Basic understanding of Linux embedded systems (bootloader, kernel, device tree).
• Ability to work closely with hardware and software engineers.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and maintain the hardware test setups: boards, power supplies, cables, network, and sensors.
• Flash bitstreams and firmware using JTAG, UART bootloaders, SD-card builders, etc.
• Perform board bring-up when new hardware revisions arrive.
• Document the flashing process and create standard deployment procedures.
• Maintain bench equipment and lab automation tools.
• Provide stable, reproducible environments for testing (e.g., reset rigs, programmable PSUs, fan controllers, automated switches).
• Prepare golden images and system images for QA.

Skills

Embedded systems bring-up

JTAG

SWD

USB-to-UART

SPI/I2C debugging

Linux system administration

Hardware-software collaboration

Tools

Labgrid

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Ansible scripting

Job description

Fortaegis Technologies in Amsterdam seeks a System Integration Architect to own the physical integration of all system components—hardware, FPGA, firmware, and userspace applications. You will ensure deployability and reproducibility of CI/CD artifacts on real hardware.

You will build and maintain hardware test setups, flash bitstreams, and prepare golden images for QA. Collaboration with hardware and software engineers is essential to deliver repeatable, high-performance systems.