Senior Staff Designer - Electronic Hardware

Job Description Summary
Responsible for architecting, designing, developing, testing FPGA solutions and their integration into platforms, systems that control to run on devices with customized hardware. Typically requires a deep understanding of the characteristics of the physical device being controlled, the real-time functions it is expected to perform and the ability to design, develop, implement, and test the logic required to realize the real-time functionality. Executes standard operational/technical tasks typically subject to instructions and work routines.

As part of a multi-developer firmware team the major responsibilities will include analysis, design, implementation and testing of FPGA solutions for Square product line. The Senior Staff Designer - Electronic Hardware will report to the Senior Embedded SW Manager. #LI-ML2

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for Semiconductor design and engineering; designing, developing, modifying and evaluating electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems. They determines design approaches and parameters; analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental tests & evaluate results. Common skill sets include Analog, Digital, Mixed Signal, HMOS/MOS/CMOS, PLL, ADC, DAC etc.
• Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development, and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
• Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; has working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Minimum of 8 year's' experience in FPGA design engineering
• Have legal authorization to work in Canada and be aware that any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a pre-employment verification.

Desired Characteristics

• Working knowledge in: VHDL, scripts (TCL, Bash, Python), Verilog, SystemVerilog, Xilinx/Altera/Lattice FPGA/Soc development tools and ModelSim
• Experience with: hardware debugging tools (JTAG/Logic Analyzer), prototyping and characterization of hardware (oscilloscope/laboratory), electronic circuits, ADC/DAC, Filters etc, Experience in all phases of the product engineering and development cycle
• Familiar with: standard interfaces (such as AXI/AXIS, GMII/MII, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet etc.) and Ethernet packet structure, Agile-SW development practices.
• Knowledge of: structure of SoC processors, memory (DDR, block RAM or distributed RAM) and FPGA cells, C/C++, SystemC, OpenCL, Vivado HSL / XRT AMD framework, UVM/UVVM methodologies
• Excellent working capacity, flexible and ability to cope with periods of high workloads, solution oriented.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes