Application Engineer

Hottinger Brüel & Kjær

$80K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United Kingdom
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Strong understanding of Linux internals, kernel tuning, or real-time operating system concepts.
  • Experience with C/C++ development and scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
  • Familiarity with real-time scheduling, latency analysis, multithreading, or performance optimization.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work directly with customers.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Fluency in English (additional European languages a plus).

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical implementation, configuration, and integration support for Concurrent Real-Time products.
  • Assist customers in system setup, benchmarking, latency optimization, and troubleshooting of real-time environments.
  • Deliver on-site or remote customer training, demonstrations, and technical workshops.
  • Collaborate with R&D teams to replicate issues, validate fixes, and contribute to product improvements.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, solution guides, and best practices.
  • Support pre-sales activities by participating in technical presentations, proof-of-concept deployments, and requirements analysis.
  • Partner with customers in aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial sectors to ensure successful deployment and long-term performance of their real-time applications.

Benefits

  • Freedom with responsibility promoting a healthy work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for continuous professional development.
  • International team within an innovative and enjoyable working environment.
Full Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide technical implementation, configuration, and integration support for Concurrent Real-Time products, including RedHawk Linux, iHawk real-time servers, and simulation toolchains.

  • Assist customers in system setup, benchmarking, latency optimization, and troubleshooting of real‑time environments.

  • Deliver on-site or remote customer training, demonstrations, and technical workshops.

  • Collaborate with Ramp;D teams to replicate issues, validate fixes, and contribute to product improvements.

  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, solution guides, and best practices.

  • Support pre‑sales activities by participating in technical presentations, proof-of-concept deployments, and requirements analysis.

  • Partner with customers in aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial sectors to ensure successful deployment and long-term performance of their real‑time applications.

  • Participate in system testing, performance evaluation, and custom configuration development as needed.

  • Provide feedback to product management on feature requests and market needs.

  • Travel internationally (approx. 1525%) for customer engagements, training, and on-site support.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

  • Strong understanding of Linux internals, kernel tuning, or real‑time operating system concepts.

  • Experience with C/C++ development and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or similar.

  • Familiarity with real‑time scheduling, latency analysis, multithreading, or performance optimization.

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work directly with customers.

  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

  • Fluency in English (additional European languages a plus).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with Concurrent Real-Time products or other real‑time Linux distributions.

  • Experience in one or more industries such as aerospace amp; defense, automotive simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) testing, robotics, or industrial control.

  • Knowledge of networking, drivers, FPGA interfaces, or high‑performance computing.

  • Background in real‑time simulation environments, such as MATLAB/Simulink‑based HIL systems.

  • Prior experience in a customer-facing engineering role.

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