Hardware Design Engineer

Festo is a worldwide leader in automation technology headquartered in Germany. We provide inspiration worldwide with our intelligent solutions for industrial automation. And we offer a high degree of flexibility to our employees. We offer you excellent prospects for turning your ideas into reality – because innovation requires freedom and security. We need you. Apply now and keep the world moving.

Your Job:

• System design in collaboration with other project members with a special focus on PCB, packaging, mechanic and firmware;
• Development of analog and digital hardware boards/solutions from design phase to production release;
• Layout supervision from first scratch to series production considering EMC conform design;
• Integration of firmware for embedded DSP’s or controllers in C and C++;
• Debugging and testing with a hands-on mentality;
• Product care of existing product portfolio to ensure long term availability, competitive production cost, quality and producibility;
• Continuous monitoring of developments and trends in the semiconductor market;
• Development, buildup and setup of prototypes as well as coordination and execution of functional tests;
• Active collaboration in comprehensive committees along the development process (project teams, FMEA teams, etc.).

Technical Competencies and Requirements:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, etc.;
• Excellent written and spoken English, knowledge in German language will be considered as an advantage;
• Very good command of MS Office.

Professional Competencies and Requirements:

• Proven expertise and practical experience as Hardware Designer at least 3 years;
• Expertise and deep knowledge in current industrial Ethernet interfaces (ProfiNet, Ethernet IP and/or Ethercat);
• Practical experience in schematic and PCB design, Cadence Allegro;
• Good knowledge in control systems engineering and analog electronics.

Personal Competencies and Requirements:

• Capable of making fast decisions and taking the responsibility for the results in dynamic and changing environment;
• Oriented towards goals achieving and results;
• Focused on the added value for the internal and/or external clients;
• Team player, able to work in a multicultural working environment;
• Thinking out of the box, creativity and continuous improvement attitude;
• Flexible, adaptable, open to meet the change and acquire new knowledge and skills.

You can expect the following with us:

• Motivating compensation and social benefits package
• Opportunity to work on a variety of projects in the field of industrial automation, IIoT and robotics;
• Professional development and learning opportunities in high technology and production environment.

In case your professional qualification corresponds to the above requirements and you wish to join our growing team, please send us your CV!

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Your documents and personal data will be treated as confidential and will be protected according to Bulgarian Data Protection Legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR).