Hardware Design Engineer

Hardware Design Engineer

RINA

Rome, Italy

Mission

The role focuses on contributing to the design of digital boards, managing high-speed signals, developing power management solutions, and ensuring signal and power integrity. The role is involved in integration and testing laboratory activities , as well as in preparing detailed project documentation and participating in technical reviews with customers.

Key Accountabilities

Hardware design:

• Design of digital boards based on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and microcontrollers.
• Design of impedance-controlled boards for high-speed signal management and routing.
• Design of power management and distribution boards.
• (Optional, positively evaluated) FPGA design and verification.
• (Optional, positively evaluated) Radio Frequency (RF) design.

Signal and Power Integrity:

• Assisting with signal and power integrity design, under the supervision of the Senior Hardware Engineer.
• Conduct board and component analysis, simulation and design under the supervision of the Senior Hardware Engineer.

Integration and testing:

• Perform integration and testing activities in a laboratory environment under the supervision of the Senior Hardware Engineer.
• Conduct thorough testing to validate design performance and reliability.

Documentation:

• Prepare comprehensive project documentation, including technical data packages, production packages, test requirements and test procedures.
• Ensure all documentation meets industry standards and customer requirements.

Customer interaction:

• Present technical project reviews to customers, providing clear and concise explanations of design choices and progress.
• Address customer enquiries and use the feedback to improve the design.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering o Electronic/TLC Engineering.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in hardware design, preferably in aerospace applications.
• Proficiency in designing digital boards with FPGA and microcontrollers.
• Experience with impedance-controlled board design for high-speed signals.
• Knowledge of power management and distribution board design.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity and power integrity principles.
• Proficient in hardware simulation and analysis tools.
• (Optional) Experience in FPGA synthesis (Verilog, VHDL) and FPGA simulation (ModelSim, VCS) is positively evaluated.

Competencies

• WORKPLACE DYNAMICS - Resourcefulness in shaping progress and working efficiently.
• PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT - Ownership for life, work and results, striving to grow professionally and personally.​
• INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE - Skills and strategies we use to interact effectively with others.
• DOMAIN & BUSINESS ACUMEN - Applying a scientific approach and critical thinking in operations and solution development within area of expertise.
• FORESIGHT & INSIGHT - Context awareness adopting a systemic perspective and informed decision making.