Technical Staff Engineer - Design

Location: Burnaby, Canada

Annual base salary: $107,000–$226,000

Company

hirify.global is a global semiconductor company developing products for data center, storage, memory, connectivity, and embedded computing applications.

What you will do

• Plan and construct pad rings and bump patterns while aligning designs with package and system-level constraints.
• Develop and maintain IO connectivity, pad ring definitions, and bump pattern designs throughout the product lifecycle.
• Generate and validate pad ring DEF files, Verilog netlists, bump maps, and other physical design handoff deliverables.
• Ensure IO and pad ring designs comply with design standards, package constraints, and implementation best practices.
• Collaborate with architecture, product design, IP packaging, implementation, product engineering, technology development, and foundry teams.
• Support verification, emulation, ASIC validation, and silicon debug by analyzing IO-related issues and driving improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 12+ years of related experience.
• Hands-on experience with pad ring planning, IO cell placement, and bump map or pattern definition for advanced SoC designs.
• Knowledge of IO library cells, IO standards, and PHY-level interfaces including SerDes, DDR, PCIe, and CXL.
• Experience with IO planning and implementation EDA tools such as Orbit IO, ISP, or equivalent.
• Experience generating and validating pad ring DEF, IO netlist, and bump assignment deliverables for physical design handoff.
• Working proficiency with Tcl and/or Python scripting, plus strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Understanding of JTAG and Boundary Scan, IEEE 1149.1, and TAP controller operation.
• Exposure to RTL compilation, synthesis, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with SVN, JIRA, or comparable project, versioning, and tracking tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Continuous learning in a challenging engineering environment.
• Health benefits beginning on the first day.
• Retirement savings plans and an employee stock purchase program with a six-month look-back feature.
• Total compensation includes base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonuses.
• Travel expectation is 0%–25%.