Hardware Engineer
Pubblicato il 07-10-2026 - MERMEC in Padova
Position Mission
The Hardware Engineer, reporting to the Team Leader, will take care of the complete hardware design of digital and analog electronic boards for complex industrial and railway diagnostic applications through all projects stages: from concept (requirement specification, component selection), through design and validation (schematics, layout, prototyping, characterization), mass production (production documentation, testing during manufacturing) up to system integration, testing and after sales support.
Responsibilities
- Definition of Technical specifications and detailed hardware requirements for electronic boards;
- Design and simulation of schematics, selection of electronic components
- PCB design
- Design and development of appropriate test hardware and procedures to prove the correct operation of hardware;
- Maintenance, debug and redesign of existing projects;
- Components library management;
- Customer interface on hardware issues (internal customer, service department)
- Simple digital design in VHDL code (FPGA design)
and software design in C/C++ code (software for SoC/microprocessor design);
- Documentation of design specifications and implementation details;
- Collaboration with other team members (including optical, hardware, firmware and software engineers) to define higher-level system designs, interfaces and protocols, etc.;
- Interaction with EMS during prototyping and production phase
Technical Skills, Qualifications and Professional Experie
- Degree in Engineering (Electronics, Mechatronics, …) or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in designing electronics schematics, PCB layout and/or FPGA/microcontrollers programming
- Experience with PCBA design tools (Altium preferred)
- Experience with FPGA design suites (ISE, Vivado, Quartus, etc.) and VHDL design
- Experience with laboratory instruments and tools (multimeter, oscilloscope, etc.)
- Knowledge of version control tools
- Knowledge of C/C++ for embedded