Hardware Design Engineer

Posting Date: 17 Mar 2026

City: Roma

Location:

Roma, IT, 131

Contract Type: Permanent

Division: Electronics and System Engineering

Level of experience: Intermediate

RINA is currently recruiting for a Hardware Design Engineer to join its office in Rome within the Electronics and System Engineering Division.

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.

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Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in Electronic/TLC Engineering or Electrical 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.

RINA is a multinational company providing a wide range of services in the energy, marine, certification, infrastructure & mobility, industry, research & development sectors. Our business model covers the full process of project development, from concept to completion.

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.