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# Digital Hardware Engineer

- **Company:** Emerson
- **Location:** Dresden, Germany
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Boolean Algebra, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Digital Technology, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), LabVIEW, PCI Express, Specman, Static Timing Analysis, SystemVerilog, Toolchain, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), CPLD, Scripting, Hardware Testing, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=26ac19887407ae39

## About the Role

You quickly learn and apply new technologies to drive innovation and efficiency. You consistently deliver results and take ownership of achieving objectives. You build strong partnerships and work effectively across teams and functions. You communicate clearly and confidently, tailoring your message to diverse audiences.
For This Role, You Will Need:

 * Experience using VHDL and/or SystemVerilog to implement synthesizable logic targeting FPGAs
 * Experience writing testbenches and simulation models to verify logic designs
 * Familiarity with designing and validating high-speed interfaces (i.e., DDR, PCIe, JESD204, Ethernet)
 * Familiarity with common clock domain crossing techniques and timing closure
 * Development & Collaboration
 * Problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex technical challenges
 * Ability to collaborate with cross-disciplinary engineering teams and communicate technical concepts clearly in English to diverse stakeholders, * Static timing analysis and FPGA timing constraints
 * Designing clocking architectures, including clock tree design, PLL configuration, and jitter analysis and mitigation techniques for high-speed digital systems
 * Familiarity with Xilinx, Intel or Lattice FPGAs and CPLDs, and associated toolchains
 * Scripting or programming languages (e.g., LabVIEW, Python) for hardware testing and automation
 * Hands-on experience using lab tools for FPGA bring-up and debugging is a plus
 * Hands-on experience with software defined radios

## Description

Digital engineers within our organization stand at the intersection of the many disciplines required to make new SDR products come to life, making this role critical to the team's success. Through your work you will have opportunities to further expand your skills and to participate in initiatives to grow the craft of digital design.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

 * Collaborate with multi-disciplinary hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams to develop SDR products
 * Contribute to the full FPGA design, including logic implementation, data movement and analysis, testbenches, compilation, and timing analysis
 * Develop register maps and generate documentation to ensure clear design intent to the broader project team
 * Contribute to digital design by estimating efforts, providing updates on work status, and proactively identifying and addressing technical risks


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