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Senior Digital Hardware Engineer – High-Speed, FPGA, Networking
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About the role
- Senior Digital Hardware Engineer responsible for defining digital hardware architecture for complex networking platforms. Leading hardware design and validation for multi-gigabit systems in Canada.
Responsibilities
- Define digital hardware architecture for complex networking platforms
- Select and integrate FPGA/SoC processors, transceivers, and memory architectures
- Establish interface strategy (PCIe, Ethernet, SERDES, JESD, LVDS, etc.)
- Drive timing closure, clocking architecture, and data-path performance
- Architect and review 10–16+ layer high-speed PCBs
- Define routing constraints, impedance strategy, skew budgets, and jitter margins
- Guide layout activity to ensure high-speed signal integrity and clean execution
- Lead signal integrity and power integrity methodology
- Guide IBIS/IBIS-AMI, S-parameter, and PDN simulations
- Debug high-speed failures and root-cause digital performance issues
- Define validation plans for BER, jitter tolerance, and interface margin testing
- Lead hardware bring-up and interface validation
- Provide digital architecture guidance to FPGA, firmware, mechanical, and test teams
- Influence roadmap decisions (FPGA families, processor platforms, memory strategy)
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in high-speed digital hardware development
- Proven ownership of architecture-level decisions on complex boards
- Experience bringing multi-gigabit systems from schematic to production
- Strong experience in most of the following: PCIe, Ethernet, SERDES, XFI, XAUI, JESD, LVDS, or similar high-speed interfaces
- FPGA architecture & transceiver configuration
- DDR memory channel modeling & tuning
- SI/PI simulation tools (IBIS, IBIS-AMI, S-parameters, PDN analysis)
- Multi-layer PCB design tools (Altium, PADS, or equivalent)
- Lab proficiency with high-bandwidth scopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, and protocol tools
Benefits
- Competitive compensation aligned with senior-level hardware design roles in Western Canada
- Paid overtime
- Rewards for innovation (IP & and Patent Incentive Program)
- Career path and learning opportunities
- Benefits and health care spending account
- Flexibility and autonomy
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