Senior FPGA Design/Verification Engineer

Lumentum Operations LLC; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Health benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Gym facilities

Stock options

Free coffee/tea

Job summary

Lumentum is seeking a Senior FPGA Design/Verification Engineer in Ottawa, ON, onsite. You will join a multidisciplinary team developing optical telecommunication products, including next-generation switches and amplifiers, with a focus on FPGA design and verification.

Responsibilities include architecture and datapath design, verification planning, lab validation, and cross-functional collaboration. The role offers growth, a collaborative culture, and opportunities in cutting-edge photonics

Qualifications

• Strong ASIC/FPGA design and SystemVerilog experience.
• Synthesis, constraints, timing analysis, and CDC expertise.
• Collaborative team player across multiple design groups.
• Clear, robust, and well-commented coding style.
• Strong problem solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Detail oriented and thorough.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement control and datapath logic for FPGA designs.
• Develop and maintain simulation environments with testbenches and testcases.
• Define and execute comprehensive verification plans.
• Collaborate with hardware and firmware teams for lab validation.
• Develop scripts for automated testing and tooling.
• Analyze build/timing reports to optimize synthesis results.
• Create and maintain design and test documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in design reviews.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Synthesis

Constraints

Timing analysis

Clock domain crossing

UVM methodologies

Debugging

Communication

Tools

Xilinx/Altera tools

Linux

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Lumentum Canada was awarded the 2022 National Capital Region’s Top Employers for the 6th consecutive year and the 2022 Career Directory Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates for the 5th consecutive year.

Title: Senior FPGA Design/Verification Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time, permanent

Location: Ottawa ON, onsite

Welcome to Lumentum! We’re all about harnessing cutting‑edge tech to create a brighter, more connected future. We are the leaders in optical and photonic products, working at the intersection of innovation and impact.

Here’s what we’re up to:

• Cloud & Networking Powering high‑speed data transmission for cloud data centers, AI/ML, enterprise systems, and communication services. Think streaming, gaming, and next‑gen tech—we make it happen.
• Industrial Tech Innovating with state‑of‑the‑art lasers used in industries like EVs, solar power, display technology, and semiconductors. We’re enabling the future of green tech and advanced manufacturing.

At Lumentum, we’re committed to collaboration, inclusivity, and empowering our team to shine. Together, we’re shaping the tech of tomorrow while supporting a culture where everyone thrives.

Why You’ll Love This Role

This full‑time position is an opportunity to work in a leading high technology telecommunications company. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that develops a broad range of optical telecommunication products including next‑generation optical switches and amplifiers.

What You’ll Be Doing

• FPGA design: Architecture and implementation of control and datapath logic, IP core configuration and integration.
• Verification: Develop and maintain simulation environments, including scripts, testbenches, testcases, and bus functional models.
• Verification: Define and execute comprehensive verification plans.
• Lab validation & debugging: Collaborate with hardware and firmware engineers for cross‑functional integration and lab validation, ensuring system‑level performance goals are met.
• Lab validation & debugging: Develop and execute scripts for automated testing.
• Synthesis & optimization: Constraints implementation and optimization, thorough build and timing reports analysis to ensure robustness.
• Documentation: Create and maintain high‑quality design and test documentation, contributing to project knowledge bases and future reference.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Provide guidance to junior engineers and work with the team to foster best practices in design, verification, and methodologies.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Welcome and provide feedback during design reviews.

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Strong experience in ASIC or FPGA design and simulation using Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Strong experience with synthesis, constraints, timing analysis, clock domain crossing.
• Team player working well with different functional groups and contributing effectively to multi‑designer projects.
• Clear, robust and well commented coding style.
• Strong problem solving, troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Thorough and detail oriented.

Assets:

• Strong experience with AMD(Xilinx) or Altera FPGAs and tools.
• Experience with Constrained Random Verification, SystemVerilog Assertions, and advanced UVM methodologies.
• Experience with embedded processor SoC design.
• Experience with PCIe, DDR memory, and AXI interfaces.
• Knowledge of digital signal processing concepts.
• VHDL, C, Csh, Tcl, Python, Perl.
• Familiarity with Linux environment development.

Perks You’ll Love

• Flexible time off
• Health and wellness benefits (physical and mental)
• Tuition reimbursement and career growth support
• A workplace built for you: free gym, games room, prayer room
• Subsidized meals, free coffee/tea
• Employee stock options and incentive plans

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and provide accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process. Your uniqueness makes us stronger, sparks creativity, and drives our success.

Please contact us at [e-mail] to request accommodation.

Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long‑haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing.

For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business—we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.