TFT Pixel Design Engineer for Advanced Displays

Avalon Holographics Inc.; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock options

Health and dental benefits

Job summary

Avalon Holographics Inc. in Edmonton is seeking a Device Design Engineer to design and optimize TFT pixel circuits and panel architectures for next‑gen holographic displays.

You will work with our display development team on frontplane, backplane, and silicon analog design. Ideal candidates hold a bachelor's in EE/Physics, with strong analog circuit knowledge, SPICE proficiency, and experience with non-CMOS or thin‑film tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or related discipline; a Master’s or PhD is preferred.
• Strong foundation in electrical engineering principles and analog circuit design.
• Proficiency in SPICE simulations to model, analyze, and optimize circuits.
• Experience creating layouts for non-CMOS, thin-film, or emerging semiconductor technologies.
• Knowledge of parasitic parameter extraction and its application to circuit and layout optimization.
• Ability to analyze complex technical problems, evaluate design trade-offs, and translate system requirements into practical device-level solutions.
• Comfort working collaboratively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the display development team across frontplane, backplane, and silicon analog device engineering to design and optimize advanced pixel circuits.
• Work closely with TFT, pixel circuit, and OLED designers to develop layouts and perform detailed performance analysis against system-level requirements.
• Design and optimize the layout of electrical, optical, and TSV substrate components, considering parasitic effects, device stress, and process variation.
• Perform circuit simulation and analysis to evaluate device and pixel performance and support design optimization.
• Conduct research and development to solve emerging device and display design challenges and explore new approaches to pixel and panel architecture.
• Propose design, simulation, and verification strategies to support robust, high-quality designs.
• Document design features, assumptions, simulation results, and key testbench metrics to track performance.
• Ensure analog block performance meets device, panel, and broader system-level requirements.

Skills

Analog circuit design

SPICE simulations

Parasitic extraction

Layout design

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

SPICE

Layout CAD

Job description

Avalon Holographics Inc. in Edmonton is seeking a Device Design Engineer to design and optimize TFT pixel circuits and panel architectures for next‑gen holographic displays.

You will work with our display development team on frontplane, backplane, and silicon analog design. Ideal candidates hold a bachelor's in EE/Physics, with strong analog circuit knowledge, SPICE proficiency, and experience with non-CMOS or thin‑film tech.