Application Engineer, Senior Staff

Qualcomm; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 132,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Canada ULC is seeking a Hardware Engineer to plan, design, verify, and test electronic systems for high-speed interconnects including FPGA, DSP, and optical modules. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and bring up world-class products for datacenter interconnects.

Ideal candidates have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of hardware experience, plus exposure to DSPs and optics, and occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field with 6+ years hardware experience.
• Master's degree with 5+ years hardware experience.
• PhD with 4+ years hardware experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive customer design ramp from kickoff to production ramp with internal R&D teams.
• Author Data Sheets, Product Briefs, User Guides and Application notes to enable customers to design with products.
• Support the design of evaluation boards and reference design kits for customer applications.
• Validate performance of products in representative applications.
• Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues during bring-up and validation of customer designs; travel occasionally.

Skills

High-speed interconnects

DSPs and optics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

FPGA

VHDL/Verilog

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next‑generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring‑up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting‑edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Additional Job Description:

You will be a member of a successful team working on the forefront of technological innovation focused on leading edge technologies, flows and products. You will be working with, and learning from, industry-recognized experts. As a member of Qualcomm's Connectivity Products Group, you will help enable the next generation of datacenter interconnects by driving the development of direct detect and Coherent DSP products supporting 800Gbps, 1.6Tbps and beyond interconnects spanning a few millimeters to a few hundred kilometers.

How You Will Contribute:

• You will be a member of the team that works closely with Product Management, Sales and R&D to deliver industry‑leading products serving the datacenter interconnects market.
• You will play a key role in delivering the whole product, which includes great support collaterals and support for customers that exceed expectations.
• You will work with and be a trusted partner to technical experts at leading optical transceiver vendors from design to operationalization of our technology into their optical transceiver modules.

What You'll Do:

• Drive technical communication with customers from kickoff to Production ramp of customer designs, coordinating with internal R&D teams as necessary.
• Author Data Sheets, Product Briefs, User guides and Application notes to enable customers to successfully design with our products or address specific design considerations.
• Support the design of evaluation boards and reference design kits representative of customer applications.
• Validate performance of our products in representative applications.
• Diagnose, debug, and resolve issues during bring‑up and validation of customer designs using our products.
• Occasional travel is required.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Electrical and/or Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience which can include board level design, optical module design, or Applications Engineering
• Domain knowledge of high‑speed interconnects and technologies including DSPs and/or optics for PAM4 and/or Coherent transmission
• Experience with debug and troubleshooting of firmware and hardware issues with high‑speed DSPs, optical components and optoelectronic components and optical modules

It'd Be Amazing If You Had:

• Extensive working experience with DSP‑based Ethernet Serdes for electrical or optical applications
• Masters/PhD in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering or Engineering Science

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may email [e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Payment and Benefits:

Pay range: $132,000.00 - $182,000.00

• We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales‑incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).
• In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.