ASIC DESIGN ENGINEER

High Tech Genesis Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design services company in Ottawa is seeking an experienced ASIC Design Engineer with at least 8 years in the field. Responsibilities include creating and integrating RTL and C code, conducting testing and debugging, and participating in design reviews. Candidates should have strong proficiency in System Verilog and solid experience with digital synthesis and verification methods. This role promotes collaboration within a motivated team environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in ASIC design engineering.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems independently.

Responsibilities

• Understand architecture and functional requirements.
• Produce implementation specification documents.
• Create and integrate RTL and/or C source code.
• Create timing constraints and participate in reviews.
• Conduct designer testing and debugging.
• Assist in lab validation of products.

Skills

System Verilog proficiency

Digital design synthesis

Timing closure

Asynchronous clock crossing

Digital verification methods

Digital silicon design

Power analysis

DSP and Error Correction

Networking protocols

Mixed-signal design

Jira and GIT knowledge

Programming in Python, C++, etc.

Education

BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Overview

At HTG, you’ll push boundaries with the latest tech and collaborate with a team that loves what they do. Be part of a design services company that is amongst the companies that lead the world in technology and innovation.

Your next chapter starts here.

Responsibilities

• Read and understand the architecture and functional requirements specification document(s) and communicate and collaborate with systems engineers and architects
• Produce an implementation specification document and have it reviewed by your team, architects, analog designers
• Be accountable for the creation and integration of new and existing RTL and/or C source code, algorithms and functions
• Create timing constraints for your code, and participate in synthesis log reviews, constraint reviews, timing report analysis, layout and backend reviews
• Be responsible for designer testing of code, debugging code during simulation and regression verification
• Assist the verification team in determining coverage and provide design assertions and waivers
• Be involved in lab validation of the product and its prototype if applicable
• Report on status updates on a regular basis

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in ASIC design engineering
• Proficiency above the intermediate level with use of System Verilog for design
• Experience with digital design synthesis, STA, timing closure and asynchronous clock crossing
• Good understanding of timing/power/area analysis and trade-offs
• Familiarity with digital (including formal) verification methods
• Experience with digital silicon design backend process
• Experience with digital design for low power
• Experience in DSP and/or Forward Error Correction
• Experience with standards and protocols such as Ethernet OTN, B100G
• Experience with mixed-signal design
• Experience with using Jira for bug tracking and GIT for source code management and revision tracking
• Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, Make, bash, object-oriented programming, C, C++, System C

Soft Skills

• Excellent organization, written and oral (English) communication skills
• Ability to methodically solve complex technical problems
• A highly motivated self-starter, able to work independently, while being a team player

Education

• Electrical or computer engineering, computer science or other applicable scientific degree at the BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc level

High Tech Genesis Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity and inclusion are at the core of our values.

Please advise High Tech Genesis of any accommodation measures you may require.

Please be advised

1. Applicants must have the legal right to work in Canada.
2. Please submit your resume in Microsoft Word format when applying for this position.