Validation & verification
Test strategy and execution for electronic products operating under real-world electrical, thermal, EMC and vibration stress.
Test plansEMCDurability
Available for the right challenge
Built to test.Driven to evolve.
I’m Luigi, a senior electronic engineer connecting rigorous hardware validation with modern cloud-native systems.
8+ yrsEngineering experience
3Core industries
Full cycleDesign to production
Italiano · English · EspanolWorking languages
01 / Expertise
Hardware discipline.
Software ambition.
My work sits where reliability, compliance and scale meet. I translate requirements into testable systems, find failure modes early, and build the tooling that makes engineering repeatable.
Electronic systems
Digital, analog and power electronics across requirements, schematics, PCB, cabling and component engineering.
PCBPowerMixed signal
Production readiness
Industrialization and scalable production testing, from flying probe and inline inspection to end-of-line benches.
EOLAOITest benches
Cloud-native tooling
Practical infrastructure and software skills used to automate workflows and build observable, resilient services.
KubernetesDockerCI/CD
Systems thinking
Connecting stakeholder needs, requirements, interfaces, verification evidence and lifecycle constraints.
V-modelCSVCompliance
Edge & IoT
Exploring orchestration for sensor networks, autonomous edge computing and connected industrial environments.
IoTEdgeObservability
02 / Selected experience
Where theory met the test bench.
Military-grade electronic systems. Designing cabling and schematics, testing RF systems, troubleshooting hardware, and building Node.js tools for engineering processes.
Powertrain · Mass production
System & Product Development Engineer
MAHLE Electronics · Paterna, Spain
Mass-production power electronics for automotive powertrains. Led technical activities across testing and production while supporting engineering change management. Hands-on scope included end-of-line testing, automatic optical inspection, in-line tests, flying probe, durability validation and production tooling.
Validation ownership. Leading hardware verification strategy, environmental testing and evidence for demanding power-management products.
From plan to proof. Executing electrical, thermal, EMC and durability validation while improving test methods and reporting.
System Test Engineer
Thales Alenia Space · Turin, Italy
Space-grade verification. Testing complex electronic systems where traceability, configuration control and reliability are non-negotiable.
Hardware Design Engineer
Argotec · Turin, Italy
Electronic design for space. Contributing to schematics, component selection, prototyping and verification for compact aerospace systems.
03 / Education & training
Never done learning.
Open each record for the original program details, modules, status, official curriculum and certificate evidence.
All certificates ↗Cybersecurity Superbundle
The Linux Foundation · Current
Cybersecurity Superbundle
The Linux Foundation · Current
A security path covering Linux administration, Kubernetes platform security, DevSecOps pipelines, infrastructure protection and policy-as-code. Every module now opens independently.
Linux Administration Essentials · LFS20760h · current
What you’ll learn
Administration across Debian/Ubuntu and Red Hat families, Git collaboration, accounts, permissions, packages, processes, storage, kernels, networking, firewalls, systemd, backup and security.
What it prepares you for
Professional Linux system administration and, with experience and study, the LFCS exam.
Outline
Filesystem Layout · Users and Groups · Permissions · Package Managers · Git · Processes and Monitoring · Containers · Filesystems and LVM · Kernel and Devices · Networking and LDAP · Firewalls · systemd · Backup · Security Modules · System Rescue
Kubernetes Fundamentals · LFS258completed
What you’ll learn
Production Kubernetes installation, configuration, architecture, workloads, services, storage, scheduling, security, troubleshooting and high availability.
What it prepares you for
Operating containerized infrastructure and, with practical experience, the CKA exam.
Kubernetes Security Essentials · LFS26030h · pending
Description
Securing container applications and Kubernetes platforms across build, deployment and runtime, including supply-chain security, cluster hardening, monitoring and security-event logging.
What it prepares you for
Cloud-security responsibilities and, with experience and study, the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exam.
Implementing DevSecOps · LFS26240h · pending
What you’ll learn
Adding SCA, SAST, DAST, image scanning, Dockerfile security, vulnerability management, IaC compliance, logging and detection to a cloud-native continuous-delivery pipeline using open-source tooling.
Infrastructure Security · SKF20024h · pending
Focus
Infrastructure threat modeling, risk reduction, hardening strategies, security tooling and operational practices across modern environments.
Kubernetes Security with Kyverno · LFS25535h · pending
What you’ll learn
Installing Kyverno; writing, enforcing, mutating and testing policies; monitoring and reporting; securing Kyverno; integration, extensibility and multi-cluster policy management.
Outline
Policy Overview · Installation · Writing Policies · Enforcement · Mutation · Validation and Testing · Troubleshooting · Reporting · Security · Integration · Multi-cluster Management
Linux Foundation System Administrator
The Linux Foundation · In progress
Linux Foundation System Administrator
The Linux Foundation · In progress
Linux systems administration and open-source operations, with supporting foundations in cloud infrastructure, GitOps, DevOps and SRE.
Linux Administration Essentials · LFS20760h · pending
Coverage
Enterprise Linux administration: users, packages, processes, storage, kernels, networking, services, backup, security and recovery.
Open Source Development · LFD1024h · pending
Coverage
Open-source project structure, communities, contribution workflows, licensing and collaborative development fundamentals.
Introduction to GitOps · LFS1693h · pending
Coverage
Git as the declarative source of truth, automated reconciliation, delivery workflows and operational GitOps patterns.
Cloud Infrastructure · LFS151completed
What you’ll learn
IaaS, PaaS, containers, orchestration, microservices, software-defined networking and storage, CI/CD, monitoring, service mesh, IoT and serverless architecture.
Outline
Virtualization · IaaS and PaaS · Containers · Orchestration · Microservices · SDN and Storage · DevOps and CI/CD · Configuration and Release Tools · Logging and Monitoring · Service Mesh · IoT · Serverless · Tracing
DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering · LFS162completed
What you’ll learn
DevOps culture, cloud, containers, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability and SRE practices for reliable software delivery.
Outline
Introduction to DevOps and SRE · Cloud · Containers · Infrastructure as Code · Continuous Delivery · Observability · Site Reliability Engineering
Advanced Cloud Engineer IT Professional Program
The Linux Foundation · 06/2025—03/2026
Advanced Cloud Engineer IT Professional Program
The Linux Foundation · 06/2025—03/2026
A six-course cloud-native engineering program covering the container lifecycle, orchestration, service communication, monitoring, packaging and logging. Open a module below for its full record.
Container Fundamentals · LFS25306—07/2025
Who it is for
Developers, QA, operations and DevOps professionals who need a working foundation in containers.
What you’ll learn
Container and image operations across runtimes; container networking and storage; multi-container applications; Docker and Docker APIs.
What it prepares you for
Bundling applications with their dependencies and deploying to bare metal, VMs or cloud platforms, with a foundation for Docker Swarm and Kubernetes.
Course outline
1. Introduction · 2. Virtualization Fundamentals · 3. Virtualization Mechanisms · 4. Container Standards and Runtimes · 5. Image Operations · 6. Container Operations · 7. Building Images · 8. Networking · 9. Storage · 10. Runtime and Container Security
Kubernetes Fundamentals · LFS25808—09/2025
Who it is for
IT administrators and aspiring cloud engineers who want to manage containerized application infrastructure.
What you’ll learn
Installing and configuring a production-grade Kubernetes cluster, networking, upgrades, services, pods, Deployments and ReplicaSets.
What it prepares you for
Independent Kubernetes administration and, with practical experience, the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.
Course outline
Introduction · Kubernetes Basics · Installation · Architecture · APIs and Access · API Objects · Deployments · Helm and Kustomize · Volumes · Services · Ingress · Scheduling · Troubleshooting · CRDs · Security · High Availability · Exam Review
Service Mesh Fundamentals · LFS24310—11/2025
Description
Modern cloud-native traffic management: microservice resilience, sidecar data planes, control planes, ingress, observability and mTLS using Envoy, Linkerd, Istio, Consul and SMI.
Who it is for
DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers and platform engineers adopting microservice architectures.
What you’ll learn
Distributed-system challenges, resilience strategies, service-mesh architecture, data plane versus control plane, and the evolution of ingress.
Course outline
Cloud Native Apps · Resilience for Distributed Systems · Data and Control Planes · Service Mesh Fundamentals · Standards · Debugging and Mitigating Failures
Prometheus Monitoring · LFS24111—12/2025
Description
Cloud-native observability covering Prometheus architecture, time-series data, PromQL, exporters, Kubernetes discovery, Alertmanager, high availability, remote storage and Thanos.
Who it is for
DevOps engineers, SREs and system administrators building production observability skills.
What it prepares you for
Monitoring real systems at scale, creating dashboards and alerts, and the Prometheus Certified Associate exam.
Course outline
Observability · Prometheus Setup · Querying · Dashboards · Host and Container Metrics · Instrumentation · Exporters · Relabeling · Discovery · Blackbox Monitoring · Alerting · HA · Rules · Scaling · Local and Remote Storage · Kubernetes
Kubernetes Applications with Helm · LFS24412/2025—01/2026
Description
Helm architecture, production-ready chart design, repeatable releases, upgrades, rollbacks, repositories, dependencies and integration with CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
Who it is for
System administrators, DevOps engineers, SREs and software professionals operating containerized Kubernetes workloads.
What you’ll learn
Installing Helm, creating charts and managing an application’s full lifecycle safely across environments.
Course outline
Helm Basics · Setup and Initial Usage · Helm Charts · Application Lifecycle · Chart Repositories and Advanced Topics
Fluentd & Fluent Bit Logging · LFS24201—03/2026
Description
Production cloud-native logging with Fluentd and Fluent Bit: collecting, parsing, filtering, enriching, aggregating and forwarding logs through a unified logging layer.
Who it is for
System administrators and developers who need to operate cloud-native logging tools.
What you’ll learn
Native and container installations, log forwarding, sophisticated aggregation, pipeline design, monitoring, optimization, debugging and security.
Course outline
Fluent Ecosystem · Inputs and Outputs · Filtering and Pipelines · Parsing and Formatting · Multi-instance Deployments · Monitoring · Optimization · Security · Debugging and Tuning · Fluent Bit
Winter AI & Data Bootcamp
ProfessionAI · 12/2025—01/2026
Winter AI & Data Bootcamp
ProfessionAI · 12/2025—01/2026
Practical foundations in Python and AI, followed by workshops on LLM fine-tuning, model serving through REST APIs, RAG and agentic applications.
- Python Programming 7h
- AI Fundamentals 7h
- Applied AI Workshops 8h
Clean Tech Academy
Miticoro Foundation · Politecnico di Torino · EIT Deep Tech Talent
Clean Tech Academy
Miticoro Foundation · Politecnico di Torino · EIT Deep Tech Talent
Deep-tech and sustainability training spanning energy innovation, digital tools, project management, teamwork, leadership and technology communication.
Final project: Utopic Network — a Blockchain Edge-of-Things application for the Internet of Energy.
Designing in Italy for Global Citizenship
ProgEU · Europe Direct · 13—17/10/2025
Designing in Italy for Global Citizenship
ProgEU · Europe Direct · 13—17/10/2025
EU-funded intensive training in strategic project design, systems thinking, NextGenerationEU, Cohesion Policy and Horizon Europe. Applied PM², Logical Framework, RACI, SWOT, stakeholder mapping and SMART indicators to a team proposal.
Minor in Agile Management
Nuclio Digital School · 16 hours
Minor in Agile Management
Nuclio Digital School · 16 hours
Agile principles and team delivery practices for managing iterative digital projects.
Introduction to DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure
The Linux Foundation · 05—06/2025 · ≈112 self-paced hours
Introduction to DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure
The Linux Foundation · 05—06/2025 · ≈112 self-paced hours
A four-course foundation in cloud environments, CI/CD automation, Kubernetes and the DevOps/SRE mindset.
Introduction to Jenkins · LFS167completed
Description
A practical foundation in Jenkins as a CI/CD orchestration platform connecting source control, builds, tests and deployment targets.
Who it is for
Teams evaluating Jenkins and engineers who need to establish an automated software-delivery workflow.
What you’ll learn
Installation, dashboard operation, plugins, freestyle and pipeline projects, security, third-party integrations and distributed builds with agents.
What it prepares you for
Operating and scaling Jenkins and progressing toward advanced pipeline optimization and enterprise CI/CD.
Course outline
CI/CD Overview · Installation · Dashboard · Plugins · Security · Projects · Freestyle Projects · Pipeline Projects · Distributed Builds · Next Steps
Introduction to Kubernetes · LFS158completed
Description
A structured introduction to Kubernetes architecture and cloud-native orchestration, with hands-on deployment and access through Minikube.
Who it is for
Teams and individuals beginning Kubernetes adoption; Linux administration knowledge is useful but not required.
What you’ll learn
Origins, architecture, control-plane concepts, Pods, Services, volumes, ConfigMaps, Secrets, authentication, authorization, networking, storage and ingress.
What it prepares you for
Testing cloud-native patterns and moving into advanced Kubernetes and platform-engineering topics.
Course outline
Monolith to Microservices · Orchestration · Kubernetes Architecture · Installation · Minikube · Building Blocks · Authentication and Authorization · Services · Applications · Volumes · ConfigMaps and Secrets · Ingress · Advanced Topics · Community
Cloud Infrastructure Technologies · LFS151completed
Description
A broad map of modern cloud architecture: service models, virtualization, containers, orchestration, microservices, networking, storage, observability, service mesh, IoT and serverless.
Who it is for
System administrators, developers and architects with limited prior cloud experience.
What you’ll learn
IaaS, PaaS and CaaS; Docker operations; software-defined networking and storage; CI/CD; configuration management; monitoring and distributed tracing.
What it prepares you for
Evaluating open-source cloud technologies and collaborating effectively across development and operations.
Course outline
Virtualization · IaaS · PaaS · Containers · Orchestration · Unikernels · Microservices · SDN · Software-defined Storage · DevOps and CI/CD · Configuration and Release Tools · Logging and Monitoring · Service Mesh · IoT · Serverless · Distributed Tracing
DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering · LFS162completed
Description
Foundations, practices and cultural changes behind modern delivery and reliable operations, including cloud, containers, Infrastructure as Code, observability and SRE.
Who it is for
Managers leading transformation and engineers beginning a DevOps or SRE path.
What you’ll learn
How cloud and Kubernetes reshape delivery, why Infrastructure as Code matters, and how CI/CD and observability support reliable systems.
What it prepares you for
Deploying and operating software with greater confidence, agility and reliability.
Course outline
DevOps and SRE · Cloud · Containers · Infrastructure as Code · CI/CD · Observability · Site Reliability Engineering
DevOps with Docker
University of Helsinki · 3 ECTS
DevOps with Docker
University of Helsinki · 3 ECTS
Docker fundamentals, containerizing existing applications, Compose-based multi-container systems, deployment pipelines and orchestration concepts.
Full Stack Developer Course
Nuclio Digital School · 05/2024—01/2025
Full Stack Developer Course
Nuclio Digital School · 05/2024—01/2025
Frontend and backend web engineering with JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, databases, testing, Git workflows, deployment and agile team delivery.
Final project: random user group creation application using Node.js, Express and Supertest.
MSc — Electronic Systems
Politecnico di Torino · 120 CFU
MSc — Electronic Systems
Politecnico di Torino · 120 CFU
Advanced training in the design, modeling and validation of complex electronic systems: integrated digital systems, analog and power electronics, low-power architectures, high-speed devices, embedded operating systems, sensors, radar and hardware–software co-design.
Curriculum & examinations120 CFU
Integrated Digital Systems10 CFU
High-Speed Electron Devices10 CFU
Analog & Power Electronics10 CFU
Radar & Remote Sensing8 CFU
Low-Power Electronic Systems6 CFU
Measurement & Sensor Systems8 CFU
Digital Microelectronics6 CFU
Numerical Methods6 CFU
Integrated Systems Technology6 CFU
Codesign Methods & Tools6 CFU
Wireless Platforms for IoT6 CFU
Integrated Systems Architecture6 CFU
Operating Systems6 CFU
Master Thesis30 CFU
Applied projects3 projects
Dual-input energy harvester with independent MPPT · Master thesis
Designed a DC/DC converter for photovoltaic and wind inputs using a multi-input boost architecture with variable-step perturb-and-observe maximum-power-point tracking. iXem Laboratory, DET.
PLA Evaluator · Integrated Systems Technology · 2017
Developed a MATLAB tool to exhaustively test PLAs and calculate static/dynamic power, output delay and silicon area; later integrated into the ToPoliNano cross-platform EDA software.
Microprogrammed FFT architecture in VHDL · 2015
Designed an architecture capable of executing the FFT butterfly algorithm, from Control Flow Diagram to VHDL testbench using Quartus II, MATLAB and ModelSim.
BSc — Electronic Engineering
Politecnico di Torino
BSc — Electronic Engineering
Politecnico di Torino
Foundations in mathematics, physics, analog and digital electronics, control systems, signal processing and electromagnetic fields, supported by laboratory work and applied engineering projects.
04 / Now building
Ideas currently
on the bench.
Ongoing personal products where I apply engineering discipline to software, infrastructure and real operational problems.
05 / Links & evidence
Source.
Then proof.
Every record pairs the provider’s official curriculum with my corresponding GitHub certificate, notes or project evidence.
Cloud-native engineering
Container FundamentalsLFS253
Kubernetes FundamentalsLFS258
Service Mesh FundamentalsLFS243
Prometheus MonitoringLFS241
Applications with HelmLFS244
Fluentd & Fluent Bit LoggingLFS242
DevOps & Linux
Linux Administration EssentialsLFS207
Introduction to JenkinsLFS167
Introduction to KubernetesLFS158
Cloud InfrastructureLFS151
DevOps & SRELFS162
DevOps with DockerUniversity of Helsinki
Security
Cybersecurity SuperbundleLinux Foundation
Implementing DevSecOpsLFS262
Kubernetes SecurityLFS260
Kyverno SecurityLFS255
Software, AI & engineering
AI & Data BootcampProfessionAI
Full Stack DevelopmentNuclio Digital School
Agile ManagementNuclio Digital School
Clean Tech AcademyPolitecnico di Torino · EIT
MSc Electronic SystemsPolitecnico di Torino
EU Project DesignProgEU
06 / Contact
Have a hard problem? Let’s test it.
Open to engineering conversations across electronic systems, V&V, industrial tooling and cloud-native infrastructure.
luigi.cucciolillo@gmail.com