System Validation Engineer

NETINT Technologies, Inc.; Markham; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NETINT Technologies Inc. is seeking a System Engineer to ensure the functionality and quality of ASIC designs at the system level.

You will design and execute stress tests, work with ASIC designers and embedded FW engineers, and help develop solutions for hardware and firmware issues. The role involves bringing up CPU/GPU cores, creating stress tests, and building automation for testing of Storage and Video SoCs.

Qualifications

• MS or BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in system validation or ASIC/FPGA IP/VIP integration and design.
• Ability to understand hardware hardware reference manuals.
• Experience with embedded FW in C/C++ and assembly.
• Knowledge of ARM AARCH64 ArmV8-A CPU and ARM Mali GPU.
• Experience with CPUs, high-speed I/O and on-chip interconnects.
• Knowledge of Python, TCL, Perl scripting.
• Strong ability to analyze complex HW issues and resolve them.

Responsibilities

• Hands on debug capability using lab equipment and debugger tools.
• Bring up of embedded CPU/GPU cores, subsystem blocks and system-level integration on prototype boards.
• Develop embedded firmware for system-level stress tests.
• Develop automation test platform and test scripts.
• Work with hardware and firmware teams on identifying and resolving issues.
• Prototype platform development and verification of current and future SoCs.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Assembly

ARM AARCH64

ARM Mali GPU

Hardware debugging

Python scripting

Test automation

System validation

Interconnects

FPGA/ASIC IP

Debug tools

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering degree

Tools

ARM toolchain

Debugger tools

Job description

AboutNETINT Technologies Inc.

NETINT Technologies is a pioneer of computational storage and video processing SoC solutions for cloud and edge computing. Its Codensity portfolio enables enterprise, cloud data centers, and content providers to deploy high-performance applications that they can scale without limit while minimizing their data storage and video processing costs. NETINT, founded by an experienced team of storage SoC veterans, is a Canadian venture-funded startup with R&D facilities in Vancouver, Toronto, and Shanghai, China. For more information, www.netint.ca.

About this Position

This is a Full-time, Regular employment opportunity. NETINT offers competitive salaries, benefits and endless learning and development opportunities.

Job Scope

As a System Engineer, you are responsible for the functionality and quality of the ASIC design at the system level. You are detail oriented in designing and executing stress tests, and good at systematically identifying and reproducing hardware and firmware issues. You will be working closely with ASIC designer and embedded FW engineer to develop solutions and workarounds. Responsibilities for this position include designing/ implementing/ executing stress tests at subsystem and system levels, functional modules, and all data flows of Storage and Video SoCs.

Responsibilities

• Hands on debug capability using lab equipment and debugger tools
• Bring up of embedded CPU/ GPU cores, subsystem blocks and system level integration on prototype boards
• Develop embedded firmware for system level stress tests
• Develop automation test platform and test scripts
• Work with hardware and firmware teams on identifying and resolving issues, and come up with workaround solutions
• Work on prototyping platform development and verification of current and future SoCs

Qualifications

• MS or BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Years of experiences in system validation or ASIC/FPGA IP/VIP integration and design
• Ability to understand hardware technical reference manual
• Experience with embedded FW in C/C++ and assembly
• Working experience knowledge of ARM AARCH64 ArmV8-A CPU
• Working experience knowledge of ARM MALI GPU
• Experience with CPU architectures, high speed I/Os and on-chip interconnects
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, TCL, Perl
• Strong ability to analyze complex HW issues and find resolutions

Highly Desirable Skills

• Experience of working on video products
• Experience in PCB design, layout, and board bring up
• Knowledge of silicon testing/qualification procedure/methodology for production

We thank you for your interest, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Acknowledgment and Agreement

NETINT Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and strives to ensure that its hiring process meets the needs of all persons with disabilities. As such, NETINT will provide reasonable accommodation for any applicant, as requested during the hiring process.