FPGA Engineer

Posting Date: 10 Mar 2025

City: Roma

Location:

Roma, Italy, 131

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: Electronics and Systems Engineering

Level of experience: Intermediate

RINA is currently recruiting for a FPGA Engineer to join its office in Roma within the Electronics and Systems Engineering Division.

Mission

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the design of new hardware by analysing requirements, designing the architecture, performing HDL design, simulation, testing and debugging for final design validation, contributing to technical project documentation

Key Accountabilities

Critically analyse FPGA architecture according to customer requirements and documentation.
Translate high level system requirements into FPGA requirements; implement and integrate FPGA designs at the hardware board level.
Code using VHDL - VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language for reliability and maintainability. Create FPGA IP to increase code reusability.
Develop strategies for testing and verifying FPGA functionality; collect FPGA metrics to validate the developed functionality and the integration of the IPs with other modules.
Documents the work, both for the coding part and for the validation and verification part.
Contribute to the preparation of project documentation, project milestone reports and assist with project reviews.

Education

Master’s Degree in Electronics or Engineering General

Qualifications

The successful candidate will possess in-depth knowledge of Verilog and VHDL, as well as proficiency in FPGA synthesis tools (e.g. Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus) and FPGA simulation tools (e.g. ModelSim, VCS).
The ideal candidate will have familiarity with hardware architecture and design, signal processing algorithms, high-speed digital design techniques, communication protocols (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, Flexray, SPI, I2C, RS422, MIL-STD-1553), and FPGA verification methodologies.
A wide range of skills will be positively evaluated, such as knowledge in FPGA debugging techniques, power analysis and optimisation, FPGA security implementation, cryptographic algorithm implementation, FPGA component selection and evaluation.
Knowledge of office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is mandatory.
Proficiency in both written and spoken English is mandatory.
Cross-field experience and previous experience in similar roles will be positively evaluated.
Proficiency in master CAD tools (e.g. Spice, Saber, Altium) and/or schematic tools (e.g. Cadence, Mentor) will be a distinct advantage.

Competencies

ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future

With over 5,800 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a multinational player which provides certification, marine classification, product testing, site supervision and vendor inspection, training and engineering consultancy services across a wide range of sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion. The aim is to guarantee a project’s technical, environmental and safety - and sometimes also economic and financial - sustainability.

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind. We are also compliant to the Italian Law n. 68/99.