L-Acoustics is the world leader in premium professional sound systems for live events.  From world-class artists on tour, to major music festivals in every genre, to opening and closing ceremonies of planetary sporting events, we are the trusted choice of event professionals who require extreme reliability and fidelity show after show.

Designed & manufactured in Europe, available in 80 countries globally, LAcoustics employs over 570 people worldwide with 25% of team resources devoted to R&D and application. Our products are designed and manufactured according to the highest professional standards which we, as an industry leader, continue to define and elevate. 

R&D’s mission is to create and design ground-breaking sound system technologies and products for both hardware and software. Our R&D team also collaborates with Application Design and other departments to develop innovative and high-performance sound systems while ensuring reliability and durability under intensive and demanding use. 

We are looking for an FPGA Engineer to join our Electronics Department. 

The team you will join:

• You will be part of an expert team whose mission is to design the hardware for best-in-class user experience and unmatched reliability for the entire range of L-Acoustics devices including amplified controllers, audio processors, network equipment, and more multimedia products to come. 

• Those platforms embed processor boards, typically with an ARM processor running a real time operating system, alongside Sharc DSP(s) and FPGA(s). 

• The FPGA has time sensitive missions like taking part in the AVB/TSN ethernet network stack, as well as audio signal processing tasks. 

• As part of the Electronics Department, will be part of a broader R&D team including Acoustics, Mechanics, Application SW and Documentation.  

• All this taking place in an international context. 

• You will experience the mind-set of a start-up with the structure, tools, and impact of a global enterprise and market leader. 

What you will contribute to:

• Participate in product architecture and design. 

• Write specification. 

• VHDL coding targeted at FPGAs (preferably, but not restricted to, INTEL). 

• Simulation with Modelsim. 

• System on chip designs (ARM, IPs). 

• Write timing constraints (sdc) to match HW requirements. 

• Test and measurement on HW target (Oscilloscope, Audio Precision). 

• Document the implementation. 

• Share ideas with colleagues within the team, as well as outside. 

What you will need to be successful 

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering required 

• ~5 years of experience  

• Excellent analytical skills, perseverance, and attention to detail. 

• Curious, eager to learn and quickly adapt to new requirements and technologies. 

• Plays team spirit. 

• Autonomous with strong sense of responsibility. 

• Good spoken and written English. 

• Audio enthusiast. 

Preferred skills 

• VHDL 

• Avalon buses, DSP blocks 

• Jira, Git 

• Hardware electronics 

• Signal processing. 

• C