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# Digital Hardware Development Engineer

- **Company:** Thales Group
- **Location:** Tubeke, Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Network Analysis, Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Signal Integrity, Subsystems
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://thales.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/Tubize/Digital-Hardware-Development-Engineer_R0320650

## About the Role

* You hold a Master's Degree in engineering with a specialty in electronics, telecommunications or equivalent
 * You have at least 5 years of experience in digital circuit design
 * You are comfortable with analyzing customer needs and determining the requirements, capacity, and cost for developing products
 * You are interested in designing, developing, analyzing, and testing new and existing electrical and electronic products to specifications provided by the customer and marketing
 * You are passionate about technology and willing to learn new technologies
 * You design digital hardware that can be used with either analogue, digital, or mixed-signal technology.

As a strong bonus, you have:

 * Knowledge of boundary scan testing
 * Knowledge of reliability and design robustness analysis (MTBF and MTTF calculations, worst-case, part stress, Failure Mode analysis)
 * Knowledge of signal integrity
 * Problem-solving, debugging 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
 * Communication skills, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts in oral and written forms across different management levels
 * The ability to work in team and a taste for international contacts
 * The flexibility to integrate a project at different stages
 * Good command of English and fluency in French and/or Dutch.

## Description

* You will be responsible for new-product development tasks, including breadboarding, circuit simulation, electronic test procedure documentation, and lab guidance of product testing
 * 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. As such you will create digital circuits, ensuring signal integrity and optimal performance
 * You will center your activity on digital electronic systems design, ranging from simple embedded microcontrollers to high-end FPGA-based systems
 * You will define the PCB schematics and guide layout engineers, validate prototypes, perform design integration and qualification, and follow up the design into production
 * You will contribute to product qualification according to high-level international standards. You will also ensure the electronic designs meet industry standards and regulatory compliance.


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