Graduate Firmware Developer & Digital IC Design Engineer
Graduate Firmware Developer & Digital IC Design Engineer
European Graduate – Firmware Developer and Digital IC Designer Engineer
Start date: October 2025
Location: Trento, Italy
* Do you thrive in a diverse and innovation-led environment?
* Do you want to become a part of a global company that inspires you and encourages your creativity?
* Are you a driven, motivated, and passionate person with a can-do attitude?
We are seeking our new European Graduates cohort for October 2025!
Starting in October 2025, our prestigious European Graduate Program provides an immersive experience from day one. Your personal and professional development will be supported by networking sessions with graduates from other European countries and departments, and various trainings, including a six-month development program ‘Making of Champion’ focusing on your leadership skills and attitudes that will enable you to realise more of your potential, achieve meaningful work and personal goals, and develop success habits.
The Graduate Program consists of two assignments:
* Your first 12-month assignment will be in the Sony Europe Technology Development Centre (EUTDC) in Italy, where you will have the opportunity to work on an R&D assignment, e.g. to develop a new IP. Depending on your willingness and training needs, you will have to opportunity to spend up to one month in our Japanese Head Quarter.
* Afterwards, you will have the opportunity for a second assignment, up to 6 months in another Sony Design Centre in Norway. On this occasion, you will have a chance to gain a dynamic and challenging view of Sony Semiconductor Solutions Europe, its diverse technologies, projects and different markets.
* Finally, in the final 6-month assignment, you will have the opportunity to put in practice what you learn with a new project including product design.
As part of the 2-year program, you will be exposed to a broad range of technologies, resources and activities. You will be given the opportunity to not only expand your knowledge but also immerse yourself in what it means to be a professional in a multinational organisation and to understand where your career could take you.
At the end of your second assignment, in October 2027, you will be ready to thrive & take on a new responsibility and further develop your career in Sony Europe in a permanent role in our international and multicultural team.
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Digital Design Manager, this position is expected to work on Firmware development and digital hardware design for CMOS image sensors.
Within the first two years, the candidate should be able to actively contribute to developing FW for both testing and functional modes of the sensor device.
Digital design and verification knowledge are also part of the expected duties, including the following: block specification, RTL coding, digital design flow (synthesis, STA and CDC), UVM and verification.
This position is expected to collaborate with other teams inside Sony, such as the digital design and verification team, analogue design, and application, and because of the kind of role, it is supposed to acquire a wide knowledge of the sensor from an application/user perspective, and also knowledge of the internal architecture for proficiency in FW development.
You will have:
* Master’s Degree in Electronics design, Physics, Mathematics, or SW Engineering.
* English speaking
* Basic FW development capabilities in C (e.g. ARM cores, RISC-V)
* Basic digital design skills and use of typical EDA tools
Our recruitment process:
Once you’ve applied, we’ll carefully review your profile. Afterwards, the selected candidates will be asked to complete a self-service video interview. Once reviewed, we’ll then invite candidates to a first-stage interview with our dedicated Early Careers Talent Partner.
The final stage of the process will then be a virtual technical interview with a panel composed by our talented engineers.
Life at Sony:
You will become a part of an extremely supportive & diverse Graduate Network within Sony which will allow you to foster friendships and to build lifelong connections with like-minded graduates. We ensure Competitive Salaries by using established benchmarking and encourage healthy Work-Life Balance with vacation days and hybrid working policies.
Your new office
Trento - European Technology Development Centre (EUTDC)
Surrounded by Dolomite Alps, the EUTDC is located in Trento (one of the three top cities for life quality in Italy) and sits in a scientific ecosystem where universities, research institutes, companies, and organizations collaborate for the development and design of next generation technologies. Our office offers some extraordinary views of a beautiful landscape, a break room with free hot drinks, and a canteen. Our team is a truly international community, each collaborating with passion and creativity.
Bring your uniqueness to Sony.
We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.
We are Sony Europe.
Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.
Equal Opportunity
Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.
Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe
Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at AccommodationRequest@eu.sony.com or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.
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