- Location
- Ottawa, ON, Canada · Onsite
- Compensation
- Not stated in this snapshot
- Employment
- full_time
- Experience level
- SENIOR (8+ years exp)
- Specialization
- Hardware Engineer, Discover Technata
- Source
- Discover Technata
Lead Hardware Engineer with 8+ years of direct electronics design experience, including high-speed digital design and 2+ years as a technical lead, is expected, with a bachelor's degree in EE/CE (or equivalent)
**Required
Qualifications:/strong>**
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Experience with high-speed digital design and multi-layer PCB design, including 25Gbps+ interfaces (e.g., differential pairs, SerDes)
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In-depth understanding of the full hardware product development cycle: requirements, architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, signal integrity, verification, and manufacturing
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Backgroundin FPGA designs, including power/thermal design
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Hands-on debugging using scopes, VNAs,signal generators, and electronic loads;comfortable with optical test sets and GHz+ oscilloscopes for eye-diagram, phase-noise, and signal-quality analysis
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Familiaritywith ESD, EMI, and RF design considerations
Tools, languages and platforms
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Cadence OrCAD (CaptureCIS), Design Entry HDL, MentorGraphics DxDesigner, AltiumDesigner for schematic capture
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Agilent ADS, ANSYS HFSS, MATLAB/Simulink, Cadence PSpice, LTspicefor design and simulation
Technologies
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High-speeddevices and protocols: DDR3/4/QDR memory interfaces, PCIe Gen4, MIPI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C, HDMI, SerDes, JESD204B
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Analog/mixed-signal: complexdesigns combining analog,digital, RF, and power; high current/high voltage isolation from low-voltage logic; FPGAs (CPLD, SoC, MPSoC, RFSoC), DSPs, microprocessors
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Power: low-power/battery systems and chargers, power sequencing, switch-mode power supply design, timing budget calculations
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Compliance and lifecycle: EMI, EMC, ESD, RoHS; component obsolescence and cost-reduction re-design; regulatory approval strategy