DSP & Systems Architecture Intern

Location: Toronto, Canada

Base pay: CAD 45–61 per hour

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor solutions and advanced intellectual property for enterprise, cloud, AI, carrier, high-speed wireline, and optical products.

What you will do

• Architect, model, and evaluate system-level designs for electrical and optical interconnects.
• Develop and optimize DSP algorithms for high-speed electrical and optical links, including equalization adaptation, calibration, timing recovery, and signal integrity.
• Build behavioral models and simulations in MATLAB or Python to assess system performance and design tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with analog, digital, photonics, firmware, and systems engineering teams to validate architectural assumptions against hardware and silicon measurements.
• Present architectural proposals and algorithm results to engineering leadership and contribute to technical documentation and design reviews.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. or M.Sc. program in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Research focus on optical or electrical interconnects, digital signal processing, or communication systems.
• Strong foundation in signal processing, communication theory, control systems, optimization, or system architecture.
• Research or project experience with high-speed communications, DSP algorithms, optical communications, SerDes, signal integrity, equalization, clock and data recovery, or system-level architecture.
• Experience developing models and simulations using MATLAB, Python, C, C++, or similar tools.
• Ability to work collaboratively across DSP, analog, digital, photonics, firmware, and systems engineering disciplines.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with competitive compensation and benefits.
• Collaborative, transparent, and inclusive work environment.
• Access to tools and resources for professional growth and development.
• Interview use of AI tools, including transcription, answer-generation, and automated note-taking tools, is prohibited.
• Access to export-controlled technology may require eligibility under U.S. export control laws and an export license review.