{"id":1143463,"url":"https://alion.io/job/thales-group-senior-electronics-design-engineer-fpga-digital-design-open-also-to-protected-categories-law-6899","title":"Senior Electronics Design Engineer - FPGA & Digital Design (Open also to Protected Categories, Law 68/99)","company":{"id":143,"name":"Thales Group","domain":"thalesgroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/thales","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":100,"open_postings":12,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":49,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Italy"],"countries":["IT"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":46000,"max_usd":100000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":978},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Formal Verification","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Siemens ModelSim","optional":false},{"name":"Siemens QuestaSim","optional":false},{"name":"SystemVerilog","optional":false},{"name":"Verilog","optional":false},{"name":"VHDL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T13:33:54Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T19:17:33Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billions of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.FUNCTION:Senior Electronics Design Engineer - FPGA & Digital Design\nRELATED SERVICE/UNIT:Identity and Biometric Solutions\n\nMain mission\nTo provide deep expertise in FPGA and digital design, strengthening the technical\ncapability of the Electronics domain and evolving the design approach for the digital part of our document readers and biometric scanners. To deliver robust and scalable FPGA architectures that meet product performance, reliability, and\nschedule requirements\n\nSpecific responsibilities\nDefine FPGA architecture and detailed design specifications from system requirements\nDesign, implement, and maintain RTL in VHDL / Verilog / SystemVerilog\nDevelop and execute the verification strategy - verification plan, testbenches, and simulation environments; formal verification where applicable\nPerform synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and timing closure\nIntegrate and validate product interfaces: sensor interfaces (MIPI CSI-2, SLVS-EC), PCIe, DDR3/4/5, Ethernet, UART/SPI/I2C\nImplement image/streaming data processing along the sensor data path on FPGA\nOptimize FPGA resource utilization, power consumption, and performance\nSupport board bring-up, debugging, and system integration together with electronics and board-design engineers\nDevelop automation scripts (Python, Tcl, Bash)\nDocument design decisions, verification results, and engineering processes\nParticipate in technical planning, risk assessment, and project execution activities\nEvaluate and introduce current FPGA practices, tools, and technologies to improve development efficiency and product quality\nPromote engineering practices and technical standards within the domain\nEducation\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related discipline\n\nExperience Level\nProven experience (8+ years) of FPGA design and development, spanning the full cycle: architecture through timing closure and hardware validation\nCompetences\nTechnical / functional skills:\nStrong command of RTL (VHDL / Verilog / SystemVerilog) and verification methodology\nSolid grounding in core digital-design concepts:\nFinite state machines\nClock domain crossing\nPipelining\nSynchronization\nMemory architectures\nExperience with Altera FPGA development tools:\nQuartus Prime\nModelSim/QuestaSim\nExperience with image / streaming data processing on FPGA (sensor data path)\nHands-on experience with board-level interfaces: PCIe, DDR, sensor interfaces\nExperience with board bring-up and system integration, including lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers)\nExperience automating design flows (Python / Tcl / Bash)\nExperience with image-sensor interfaces (MIPI CSI-2, SLVS-EC)\nExperience with SoC FPGA devices (e.g. Altera SoC FPGAs) and embedded/firmware development\nAt Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. 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