Thijs Havinga
FPGA Engineer at S[&]T
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolThijs Havinga is an FPGA engineer with four years of professional experience and a PhD background in computer science engineering from Ghent University, specializing in FPGA-based software defined radio. He spent his doctoral years at IDLab (UGent-imec) contributing to open-sdr/openwifi, where he implemented AD9361 radio front-end controls, automated Tx quadrature calibration, and RSSI monitoring—bridging research and practical embedded systems. Now based in Delft and working at S[&]T, he applies academic rigor to industrial FPGA designs for wireless systems. His earlier roles in navigation and communications consultancy give him a strong systems-level perspective beyond pure hardware design. Colleagues describe him as methodical and hands-on, comfortable moving between low-level RF control scripts and larger FPGA architectures. He brings a rare mix of open-source SDR contributions and applied engineering experience that accelerates turning wireless research into deployable designs.
4 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Electrical Engineering at University of TwenteDoctor of Computer Science Engineering, Doctor of Computer Science Engineering at Ghent UniversityVWO Gymnasium, VWO Gymnasium at CSG Reggesteyn
Dutch, English
Github Skills (11)
fpga10
sh10
embedded10
verilog10
script10
shell10
software-defined-radio10
sys10
scripting10
hardware9
linux9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
open-sdr/openwifi
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
open-source IEEE 802.11 WiFi baseband FPGA (chip) design: driver, software
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 7 pushes, 8 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Thijs's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and control of the openwifi system, especially concerning the AD9361 radio front-end. They developed scripts for controlling and monitoring the radio's parameters, including setting transmit power and local oscillator (LO) settings. The user also implemented features to automatically calibrate the Tx Quadrature and monitor RSSI values. The user's work involved integrating these controls with the existing system.
software-defined-radioxilinxaircrack-ngdacad9361
HavingaThijs/TransceiverToolbox
Dec 2023 - Jun 2024
MATLAB toolbox for ADI transceiver products
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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