Junior Firmware Engineer
Pubblicato il 29-09-2026 - MERMEC in Padova
Position Mission
The Firmware Engineer, reporting to the Team Leader, will be involved in the complete hardware and firmware design of digital electronics, from the initial phase (component selection, resource estimation) up to the digital design for programmable devices (FPGA and SoC, CPLD, microcontroller)
Responsibilities
- Definition of Technical specifications, hardware requirements and implementations for digital designs targeting FPGAs and SoC, CPLDs, microcontrollers;
- Estimate implementation effort for given tasks;
- Design, verify through simulation, validate and debug high speed digital design targeting FPGA devices (VHDL code) ;
- Custom IP design for microcontroller implemented in FPGA (VHDL) and related driver (C code);
- Firmware design in C code targeting microcontroller devices;
- Simple software application in C/C++ code (software for SoC design and test applications);
- Maintenance and debug of existing projects;
- Design methodologies based on the reuse of Intellectual Properties (IPs);
- Documentation of design specifications and implementation details;
- Development of appropriate test hardware and procedures, both informal and formal, to prove the correct operation of hardware;
- Collaboration with other team members (including optical, hardware and software engineers) to agree system designs, interfaces and protocols etc.
Technical Skills, Qualifications and Professional Experience
- Degree in Electronics or Telecommunications Engineering
- 1/2 years of experience in similar roles
- Knowledge of Hardware Description Language for FPGA design, VHDL (preferable) or Verilog
- Knowledge of Xilinx and Altera/Intel FPGA design suites (ISE, Vivado, Quartus)
- knowledge of C/C++ for embedded microprocessors or microcontrollers
- (Nice to have) experience with PCB design tools (Altium)
- (Nice to have) knowledge of system modeling tools (Matlab/Simulink)
- (Nice to have) experience on image processing algorithms
- (Nice to have) experience on software drivers for Windows OS or Linux OS
- Good knowledge of written and spoken English
- Availability for sporadic national and international travels
CCNL: Metalmeccanico
Contract type: Tempo pieno, Apprenticeship
Gross Annual Salary (RAL): 27.000€ - 33.000€, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Additional benefits: Electronic meal vouchers and welfare benefits in line with the provisions of the applicable CCNL.
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