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Digital Hardware engineer

Job Description

Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About us

The Radar Front-End department, based in Hengelo, consisting of around 90 people, designs and develops state-of-the-art antenna’s for our radars including transmitters, receivers, signal generators, digital signal processing & control and other digital and analog building blocks. Beside that we explore new technologies and innovations for these domains as well as for the architecture of Radar Front-Ends as a whole.

About the job

Your work will cover the full spectrum of activities, from development to product realization. Capturing the functional requirements and a verification plan, design decomposition, defining the optimal hardware architecture, detailed design with verification through analysis/simulation (signal & power integrity, timing, power), supporting the PCB design and product realization and finally verification through test and validation. 

You will be responsible for the digital parts of the radar development process, in close cooperation with other disciplines (i.e., system designers, FPGA engineers, RF engineers and PCB designers), often in an international environment.

About you

  • You have a Master/Bachelor degree in Electronics Engineering  

  • You have a specialization in digital hardware design

  • You have experience with tooling like: Cadence Allegro, Ansys Electronics, Python, LT Spice

  • You have experience in working with life cycle management systems (Windchill)

  • You are creative, enterprising and problem solving

  • You are an enthusiastic and persistent personality with good communication skills

  • You are independent but not individual

What's in it for you 

  • A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas.

  • Room for personal and professional growth within our organization, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills. 

  • Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries.

  • A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance.

  • You can usually work where and whenever you want. Within Thales, we aim for a 60/40 balance, where you work from home at least two days a week, when your role allows this.

  • A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalize your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade PTO for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs.

  • 40 days off per year (PTO). Yes, really.

Interested?
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Job Details

Category
Electrical
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
Hengelo
Posted
Apr 21, 2026, 08:00 PM
Listed
Apr 22, 2026, 05:53 AM

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