Advanced Electronics Hardware Engineer for Photonics R&D

Overview

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do. Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers.

Responsibilities

Keysight Technologies in Germany is looking for an electronics hardware engineer who ideally also knows about optics/photonics, to support our photonics R&D activities. In this role, you will get the opportunity to work in a highly motivated team and contribute to the development of next generation of photonic test and measurement instruments.

The successful candidate will have a deep knowledge in electronics engineering/board design. Having practical experience in fiber-optics and/or firmware development is considered an advantage.

Candidates are expected to work onsite in Boeblingen at least 3 days a week. Full-time office presence is expected if project tasks/progress require so.

• Electronic hardware/board and FPGA design
• Test and validation for photonic test and measurement instrument prototypes
• Test and data analysis of individual components, assemblies and instruments
• Contribution to definition and implementation of calibration routines
• Responsible for writing, debugging and testing test software
• Participating in meetings with colleagues to present and discuss results

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of work experience or Master’s degree plus 2 year in electrical engineering, electronic engineering or related discipline
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in precision analog hardware design
• Demonstrated experience in hardware design of digital components including FPGAs
• Demonstrated experience in programming and simulating Verilog or VHDL designs of FPGAs
• Experience with circuit analysis and design, CAD schematic tools, circuit simulation tools, and design evaluation and qualification
• Good understanding of software development practices and software architecture with C# (or experience with C/C++) and .NET, version control with Git
• Good communication and presentation skills and an approach to solve problems analytically
• Ability to work in a multi-site, multi-cultural global team environment
• Very good English written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD plus 2 years of work experience in electrical engineering, electronic engineering or related discipline.
• Knowledge about optical components and/or photonic systems
• Hands-on experience with fiber-optic equipment
• Experience in developing software for hardware control, low level firmware, Linux
• Programming skills for data analysis, (e.g. Python, Matlab)
• German language skills

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