FPGA Verification Engineer

Civitanavi Systems is a leading player in the design, development, and manufacture of high-tech solutions for Navigation, Control, and Stabilization Systems in the Aerospace Defense and Industrial sectors. The company utilizes proprietary methods and technologies based on FOG (Fiber Optic Gyroscope) and MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology to meet the specific needs of its customers. Founded as a start-up in 2012 in Italy and recognized as an innovative SME in 2017, Civitanavi is now a listed company on Euronext Milan (ticker: CNS) and is considered a benchmark in the global competitive scenario.

The responsibilities include:

1. Studying FPGA requirements to understand verification needs.
2. Working with the FPGA design team to establish test priorities and coverage targets.
3. Defining test procedures.
4. Establishing verification methodology, architecture, and infrastructure including models, generators, monitors, etc.
5. Developing test benches using VHDL.
6. Developing FPGA functions for hardware testing.
7. Executing test procedures via simulations and on-target tests.
8. Generating reports and verification matrices to ensure coverage of requirements.
9. Reporting code coverage analysis and RTL bugs to support designers.
10. Creating and maintaining regressions, providing reports to the team.
11. Supporting project planning efforts and ensuring execution to schedule.
12. Generating and reviewing hardware-related engineering documentation.
13. Managing documentation and VHDL code in adherence to Configuration Management and Change Control procedures.
14. Conducting or participating in design reviews and supporting customer audits.
15. Managing assigned tasks effectively and communicating with team members and higher levels of the organization.

Required qualifications and skills:

• Master's degree in an electronic engineering discipline or similar.
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience coding, simulating, and verifying VHDL code for FPGA.
• Experience with EDA tools such as HDL simulators and FPGA design tools.
• Experience with FPGA testbench development.
• Experience with laboratory instruments (power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc).
• Organized and systematic to maintain documentation in appropriate order.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency in the English language for technical documentation and communication.

Preferred qualifications and skills:

• Experience with Mentor Questasim and Xilinx Vivado.
• Experience with UVM/VMM/OVM Frameworks or System Verilog.
• Experience with IBM DOORS and Mentor Reqtracer.
• Experience with version control systems like SVN and GIT.
• Experience with the FPGA design flow (synthesis, place & route, timing closure).
• Experience with the DO-254 standard.
• Integration experience using SoC devices, especially Xilinx product family.

Company benefits include:

• Free lunch meal.
• Coffee bar.
• Additional health insurance.