Vacancy: Board Design Multi Video Interface

Do you like to be challenged and work independent in an innovative environment. Do you want to be able to reach out to the expertise of more than 130 smart colleagues, experienced in high-tech and state of the art development from edge-to-cloud? Do you like to join various Tech and Fun events like weekly Friday afternoon drinks, TechTalks, sports activities and celebrations? And most important; do you want to be able to develop and grow as a professional?   

Then join us at TOPIC! 

“Graduating at TOPIC has been a very fun and educational experience for me. The complex challenges I have encountered during my graduation internship have provided me with lots of great technical and non-technical experience that I will forever take with me during my career.” 

Mike Huisman | Hardware Engineer at TOPIC

Your role as graduate student 

TOPIC develops 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 like to apply innovative technologies such as object tracking, Ultra-Wideband, Lidar, generating/rendering 2D to 3D medical images and Photonics.    

As a graduate student at TOPIC you will have the opportunity to work on innovative R&D subjects that will bring value to our organization. There are always subjects we have in mind, but we are also open for your suggestions and can customize them to a suitable assignment. 

About the assignment 

For the realization of a video-wall application, driven by 16 1080p60 or 4Kp60 video streams, TOPIC will be using an AMD Ultrascale+ System-on-Chip on a standard board configuration. This board configuration exists of a Miami MPSOC Plus System-on-Module and a Florida Plus carrier board. In order for this board configuration to drive multiple screens simultaneously, an FMC daughter board must be developed. The video interface is not yet determined but this could be a DisplayPort, USB-C, HDMI or DVI. Full functionality requires multiple boards to work together, which requires high speed interfaces between them. In addition to video output, video sources must also be applied. This means that the FMC display board has miscellaneous requirements in terms of interfaces. 

The assignment is to develop the FMC board. The board will contain all the physical interfaces and connectors that are needed to facilitate the display requirements at hand. You need to gather all system requirements that apply to the board; design the schematics, create a layout that meets the physical requirements of FMC modules and work-out a power solution for the board.  

The layout will contain high-frequency signals, needing signal- and power integrity design approaches/simulations to validate the layout before production. After assembly, you need to verify the correctness of the board. A test solution to validate the board design is part of the assignment. All required materials and tooling will be provided by TOPIC as part of the project, as well as the subcontracting of the assembly of the board. 

As a graduate student at TOPIC 

• You are graduating from University or HBO in Electronics, (applied) Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Physics, Mathematics or similar field; 
• You are pro-active, able to think outside the box, a problem solver and are capable of communicating with and retrieving information from different stakeholders;
• You have the ability to self-steer, a drive to deliver but also like to have fun while reaching your goals!