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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

FPGA Development Engineer Senior

Silicon & ASIC DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSaint-Étienne, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold an engineering diploma or equivalent Bac+5 qualification.
  • Have 8 to 15 years of experience designing and developing FPGA solutions for embedded systems.
  • Be proficient in hardware description languages, particularly VHDL.
  • Have experience with one or more FPGA technologies: Microchip, Intel/Altera, or Lattice; AMD/Xilinx experience is an advantage.
  • Have experience developing and optimizing digital architectures under performance, power-consumption, latency, and FPGA-resource constraints.
  • Have experience using simulation, verification, and validation environments, including testbenches, functional and timing simulation, and debugging on target hardware.
  • Have experience integrating and qualifying FPGA developments on electronic boards.
  • Have participated in defining digital architectures and collaborated with electronic architects and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills are expected.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop FPGA architectures in VHDL for demanding embedded applications.
  • Collaborate with electronic architects, hardware designers, and embedded software designers to define suitable technical solutions.
  • Develop, optimize, and port digital processing cores across different FPGA technologies, addressing performance, power consumption, latency, and resource utilization.
  • Design reusable and sustainable technology building blocks and contribute to defining future architectures.
  • Perform simulation, verification, and validation activities, including testbenches, automated tests, test coverage, and continuous integration; integrate and debug designs on electronic boards.
  • Participate in product qualification, technical issue resolution, and continuous improvement of development methods and tools.
  • Provide technical expertise to project teams and help developers develop their skills.
  • Optimize digital processing to improve energy efficiency and operational performance of future embedded optronic equipment.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in optronics, signal processing, or embedded image processing.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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