Real-Time Application Engineer — Customer-Facing Linux/C++

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær is seeking a real-time systems engineer to provide technical implementation, configuration, and integration support for Concurrent Real-Time products. You will assist customers in system setup, benchmarking, latency tuning, and troubleshooting across on-site or remote engagements.

You will collaborate with R&D to reproduce issues, validate fixes, and contribute to product improvements, while developing documentation and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related technical field.
• Strong understanding of Linux internals, kernel tuning, or real-time OS concepts.
• Experience with C/C++ development and scripting (Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with real-time scheduling, latency analysis, multithreading, or performance optimization.
• Excellent problem-solving and customer-facing skills.
• Fluency in English; additional languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical implementation, configuration, and integration support for Concurrent Real-Time products.
• Assist customers in system setup, benchmarking, latency optimization, and troubleshooting of real-time environments.
• Deliver on-site or remote customer training, demonstrations, and technical workshops.
• Collaborate with R&D teams to replicate issues, validate fixes, and contribute to product improvements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, solution guides, and best practices.
• Support pre-sales activities by participating in technical presentations, PoC deployments, and requirements analysis.
• Partner with customers in aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial sectors to ensure successful deployment and long-term performance.
• Participate in system testing, performance evaluation, and custom configuration development as needed.
• Provide feedback to product management on feature requests and market needs.
• Travel (approx. 30-40%) for customer engagements, training, and on-site support.

Skills

C/C++ development

Python scripting

Linux internals

Real-time concepts

Customer interaction

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer Science

Tools

Concurrent Real-Time products

Real-time Linux distributions

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær is seeking a real-time systems engineer to provide technical implementation, configuration, and integration support for Concurrent Real-Time products. You will assist customers in system setup, benchmarking, latency tuning, and troubleshooting across on-site or remote engagements.

You will collaborate with R&D to reproduce issues, validate fixes, and contribute to product improvements, while developing documentation and best practices.