Junior Digital Design Engineer - MCU

Location: Catania, Italy

Salary: €38,000–€52,300 gross annually, plus potential incentive opportunities, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops edge-processing solutions, including microcontrollers and high-performance processors for industrial, IoT, autonomous home, and personal electronics applications.

What you will do

• Develop digital sub-circuits for complex MCU-based SoCs using Verilog and SystemVerilog RTL.
• Perform synthesis, static timing analysis, formal verification, power analysis, and DFT implementation and verification.
• Collaborate with analog, mixed-signal, and software teams to define interfaces and optimize system performance.
• Verify designs through simulation, formal verification, and hardware emulation.
• Participate in post-silicon validation and debug activities to resolve product issues.
• Create specifications, test plans, design documentation, and design reviews while following shared methodologies and quality targets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Expertise in Verilog and SystemVerilog for RTL design and verification.
• Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools for RTL coding, synthesis, static timing analysis, and formal verification.
• Understanding of digital circuit design, timing analysis, power integrity, and low-power design techniques.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work in a team-oriented environment.

Nice to have

• Basic knowledge of UVM.
• Awareness of industry trends and best practices in digital IC design methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as part of a new multidisciplinary engineering team in Catania.
• Collaborate across analog, digital design, architecture, verification, DFT, and physical design disciplines.
• Benefits package with potential annual incentive opportunities and equity.
• Compensation covered by the applicable Metalmeccanica Industria National Collective Labour Agreement.
• Equal-pay and transparent remuneration practices.