Senior FPGA Developer (Job Req #2025-274)

Ross Video; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ross Video to be part of a world-class team in video processing design. You will engage in developing cutting-edge technology for the broadcast industry, working with top professionals and innovative solutions. Our inclusive environment encourages creativity and personal growth, making it an inspiring workplace.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous paid time off

Fitness/wellness allowance

Employee share ownership program

Development support

Social activities and events

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years FPGA and hardware development experience in Video/Audio technologies.
• Proficient in FPGA development languages and capable of creating testbenches.
• Strong interpersonal skills and problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Develop RTL for high-performance real-time media processing systems.
• Implement real-time transport protocols in FPGA designs.
• Generate design documentation for cross-functional teams.

Skills

FPGA design experience

Verilog

SystemVerilog

TCL scripting

Debugging skills

Tools

Xilinx development tools

Intel devices and tools

Job description

Why Work at Ross Video? We have a great group of people working together to create and deliver cutting-edge products that look amazing and are easy to use. We go all out so that our customers can have the best possible experience and achieve quality results. With a product focus, continual learning, results-driven processes, and creative thinking, we constantly strive to improve our solutions and to deliver results. If you've ever watched live television, news, sports, or entertainment, you've seen our products in use. All of the major Hollywood award shows, most professional sports teams, and many of the largest broadcasters in the world use Ross Video technology. Get behind the scenes and learn about what it takes to make live events possible. If that resonates, and you’re someone with integrity, commitment, and a strong drive to deliver great products, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Overview:

The Hyperconverged signal processing team plays a key role in helping Ross Video achieve its corporate vision to lead the world in video production solutions. We enable our customers to integrate any media into their production using highly acclaimed hardware platforms such as openGear and Ultrix. Here is your chance to join the world-class, passionate, and innovative team behind the Emmy award-winning openGear platform! Besides delivering high-quality RTL code for video processing systems, you will have a voice in shaping products and helping deliver world-class media production infrastructures.

Who you report to: Director, Technical Product Management - Signal Processing

What we offer:

Ross offers competitive salaries, comprehensive health plans, and several perks to help you perform at your best, including flexible hours, generous paid time off, fitness/wellness allowance, an employee share ownership program, development support, and a variety of social activities and events! Best of all, you will be part of the Ross Video family in an energizing environment.

What the job is all about:

• Promote, refine, and develop challenging and innovative video processing and transport features in the most integrated hardware platform in the broadcast industry.
• Develop RTL for high-performance realtime media processing systems involving high bandwidth media interfaces to memory, PCIe, or hardware-accelerated functions such as video scaling or HDR/SDR conversion.
• Implement realtime transport protocols in FPGA designs including SDI and SMPTE 2110.
• Review schematic designs, advise on FPGA function density, thermal design, clocking, etc., and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Create complete IO ring designs for FPGAs like Arria10, Stratix-10, Ultrascale+, MPSoC, and Agilex to verify pin-outs and IP in Quartus and Vivado.
• Develop high-level design requirements, manage part selection, and support project schedules.
• Generate specification and design documentation for cross-functional teams.
• Verify FPGA and hardware design functionality in collaboration with team members.
• Apply efficient debugging skills.
• Support other staff through the entire NPI process, including design, documentation, testing, manufacturing, and customer support.

Who you are:

• Intermediate to senior FPGA design experience across topics like FPGA building blocks, system architecture, high-speed transceivers, clock analysis, and timing closure.
• Proficient in FPGA development languages such as Verilog, SystemVerilog, and TCL scripting.
• Capable of creating Verilog testbenches and running VCS simulations.
• Expertise in current Xilinx and Intel devices and associated tools.
• Knowledge of high-speed serial interfaces, DDR3/4, HBM, PLLs, and signal integrity.
• Excellent debugging skills and proficiency with lab equipment.
• Experience in embedded environments with Linux, Bash, C/C++, and networking skills is a plus.
• Knowledge of broadcast studio applications, digital video, and audio standards is advantageous.
• Minimum of 5 years FPGA and hardware development experience, especially in Video/Audio technologies.
• Strong interpersonal skills, observational skills, problem-solving ability, and a proactive attitude.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At Ross, we embrace diversity and encourage you to bring your authentic self to work. We are committed to building an inclusive team with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusivity drives innovation and creativity. Everyone should be able to enjoy a rewarding career at Ross, regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, veteran status, or disability. Please contact Talent Acquisition if you require accommodations during the recruitment process.