FPGA Engineer

Main responsibilities 

• You will develop, integrate and verify IP blocks on FPGAs (NanoXplore and/or Cologne Chip GateMate).
• Configure and deploy MIPI CSI-2 receiver interfaces tasked with capturing data streams from diverse sensor types, including low-light and thermal cameras.
• Ensure seamless video delivery to display units by managing the corresponding output routing (such as MIPI DSI).
• Take ownership of the FPGA subsystem's integration into hardware environments characterized by low power consumption and tight space constraints.
• Execute the complete verification pipeline, covering everything from initial simulation and timing closure to final on-hardware validation.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams—spanning embedded software, hardware, optics, and sensors—to refine overall system requirements.  
  

Requirements

• You have 3-6 years of proven experience in FPGA development.
• You hold a degree in Computer Engineering or another relevant domain.
• You are proficient in VHDL and/or SystemVerilog.
• You have hands-on experience implementing MIPI CSI-2, I2C and/or SPI interfaces.
• You have a solid understanding of timing constraints and clock domain crossing.
• You have experience taking a design from RTL through validated hardware. You feel comfortable with vendor-specific and EU sovereign toolchains, including less mature open-source ecosystems such as YOSYS or NEXTPNR.
• Low-power and resource-constrained design mindset suited to wearables.
• Ability to debug complex system-level issues independently.
• Good communication skills in English (Dutch is a plus).
• You have the possibility to obtain NATO and EU security clearances.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with Cologne Chip GateMate.
• Knowledge of camera sensors.
• Knowledge of hardware design and hardware-software integration.
• Experience or interest in defence, robotics and AI.
• You have experience or affinity for start-up and R&D environments.

Please note that if you do not hear back from us within 10 days of your application, you may assume that we have selected another candidate we would like to interview for this position. We do our best to get back to you individually; however, due to a high volume of responses, it can be that we have not been able to reject your application in person.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy. We are not seeking assistance and will not be liable for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited CVs or candidate introductions. Any candidates submitted by agencies without prior written agreement will be considered our direct applicants and may be employed without obligation or fee.