Senior Hardware Design Engineer

At TOPIC we work every day on high-tech innovations to make the world smarter healthier and better. Are you the Hardware Design Engineer with passionate about high-speed low power designs that we are looking for

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Gijs van Esch I Hardware Engineer

What will you do as a Senior Hardware Design Engineer

As a Senior Hardware Design Engineer at TOPIC you are a key member of our Hardware team and play an important role in complex development projects. You act as a trusted sparring partner for colleagues customers and other stakeholders translating concepts into clear technical direction for the team. You take a leading role in the design of complex hardware systems while effectively prioritizing multiple projects and clients.

Your responsibilities as a Senior Hardware Design Engineer:

• Implement a diverse range of innovative solutions across industries from designing cutting-edge medical IoT devices to developing next-generation high-speed computing platforms and everything in between.

• Take full ownership of design activities ensuring the quality integrity and timely delivery of solutions.

• Develop and validate complete hardware subsystems based on high-level requirements and detailed project specifications.

• Conduct in-depth analyses and studies applying proven methodologies to deliver high-quality effective solutions.

• Participate in the entire development lifecycle: from system requirement gathering and translating these into hardware architecture to PCB design & routing schematic design testing and integration.

• Provide senior-level expertise and guidance supporting multiple teams within your domain and helping to elevate the overall technical craftsmanship of the organization.

• Identify risks and opportunities both within and beyond the project scope ensuring relevant stakeholders are engaged and proactive.

• You are a sparring partner for junior engineers and your teammates.

• You have a proven track record in a multidisciplinary team (SW/FW/HW)

• Keeping up to date with the latest (high speed) technologies and converging them to the team.

What do we offer you

This will make you smarter:

• Challenging and interesting projects in different domains;

• Benefit from the expertise of your technical buddy and more than 100 smart colleagues;

• Focus on guiding and coaching on personal development to achieve your ambitions;

• Annual study budget and customized training program within our TOPIC Academy;

• Tech events and knowledge sessions.

This will make you better:

• Permanent contract;

• An all-in employment package between 62000 and 85.000 (including net expense allowance mobility package 13th-month bonus and holiday allowance). Final salary is based on relevant work experience and level of expertise;

• 26 vacation days (opportunity to buy extra days) pension scheme and relocation budget (when you relocate to the Netherlands).

This will keep you healthy:

• A good work-life balance flexible working hours and hybrid way of working;

• An inspiring office environment with daily fresh fruit and a gym;

• The home office support package will turn your home office into an inspiring environment;

• Lots of fun during events like celebrations sport activities and the weekly Friday afternoon drinks.

What do you bring as a Senior Hardware Design Engineer

• A Masters or Bachelors degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering and at least 5 years of professional experience;

• A successful track record in high-tech hardware development projects (high-speed low-power designs combining FPGAs with ARM microprocessors DDR4 memories fast ADCs and radio modules such as WiFi and Bluetooth) and are familiar with tools such as Mentor Graphics Xpedition Altium Designer HyperLinx;

• Proficient in the full development cycle; from the translation of system requirements into hardware design architecture and the schematic design PCB design & routing to testing and integration;

• Used to working in a structured (ISO-13485) development process and can prioritize multiple projects and clients;

• You are communicative have a can-do mentality and are a high-level conceptual thinker. This makes you a trusted sparring partner and able to take a lead role in designing complex hardware development projects;

• A good command of English command of the Dutch language is an advantage .

Our organization

Since 1996 we have been developing (embedded) systems that are essential for products manufactured by renowned high-tech companies around the world. Our projects involve edge to cloud solutions; from PCB design and FPGA to low level embedded software and application software for UI Web Mobile and cloud. We are well known for our high level of knowledge and expertise and are proud to be a Premier Adaptive Computing Partner of AMD; technology leader in the field of System-on-Chips and FPGAs.

Diversity & Inclusion

At TOPIC we believe that true innovation happens when people with different backgrounds ideas and perspectives come together. Every talent counts and every voice matters. Diversity strengthens our creativity and inclusion ensures that everyone feels welcome and valued. We build a culture where everyone has the space to contribute and be themselves.