Job Information
Civitanavi Systems Senior Hardware Engineer (microcontroller expert) in Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy
Company Overview
Civitanavi Systems S.p.A. is a leading player in the design, development and manufacture high-tech solutions of Navigation, Control and Stabilization Systems, for several applications, in Aerospace Defense and Industrial sectors. The application of proprietary methods and technologies, based on FOG (Fiber Optic Gyroscope) and MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology, enables the company to best meet the specific needs of its customers.
Founded as a start-up in 2012 in Italy, listed company on Euronext Milan since 2022 and now part of Honeywell (acquisition and delisted completed in in August 2024).
Job Summary
Design and development of boards and modules for avionic and defense electronic systems. The candidate will be integrated into the hardware design line and will be responsible for all aspects of the design process, from concept to release for series production, including design of the electrical schematic of digital and analogue cards, PCB design, prototype test and documentation writing.
Responsibilities and Duties
Analyzing technical data or preliminary specifications that are necessary to define the Hardware architecture
Support to the business development department.
Consulting with System Engineers regarding system constraints.
Interaction with the others project team member, optical, algorithm, software and mechanical engineers to define the HW architecture.
Follow the directives of the HW process in terms of standards and design flow.
Generate the specific HW requirements as flow down from system requirements and system architecture.
Design the hardware architectures in order to meet comprehensive requirements of component selection following the internal standards and project constraints.
Generate schematic entry using Civitanavi CAD tool following internal standards.
Generating multilayer high-density printed circuit board designs using CAD for PCB layout tools, following the IPC standard in accordance with company-established procedures.
For each design phase, he is responsible for conducting reviews and he is responsible of the quality of the output generated.
When required, monitoring and assisting the manufacturer in the assembly of prototypes, directly or through the interface of the Product Engineering Department.
Generation of prototype test and validation procedures, to verify complete requirements matching on the prototypes before release for series production.
Testing the manufactured prototypes and analysing the test results.
Preparing technical verification reports.
Creating documentation required to activate the Engineering Change Requests in adherence to Configuration Management and Change Control procedures.
 Qualifications and Skills
Required skills
Degree in Electronics Engineering
At least 5 years of experience as a Hardware Engineer in digital and analogue electronics
Minimum 2 years’ experience with Altium Designer
Electronics Design & Engineering experience in digital and analogue design
Hardware Design with digital components (such as microcontroller, FPGA, ADC, DAC, etc).
Development/simulation tools such as Orcad/Spice (or similar);
Knowledge of instrumentation for laboratory testing;
Knowledge of manufacturing process
Knowledge of assembly process
Knowledge of principles of EMI/EMC
Working as part of a team whose members are responsible for different portions of the design
Organized and systematic to maintain documentation in appropriate order
Knowledge of English Language.
Knowledge of MIL-STD-461 standard
Knowledge of RTCA-DO-160 standard
Knowledge of inertial sensors
Knowledge of design methodologies for aerospace applications (design documentation, design analysis, etc.)
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