Principal Digital (Mixed-Signal) Architect (Photonics)

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada; flexible hybrid workplace model

Salary: $191,000–$362,000 CAD annually, plus equity grants and other rewards.

Company

hirify.global develops photonic computing and data center infrastructure, including the 3D-stacked Passage photonics engine for AI and HPC workloads.

What you will do

• Own the digital architecture of the Passage product from initial concept through high-volume production.
• Architect system-level digital designs integrating high-speed drivers and receivers, SerDes, ADC/DAC, photonic modulators, and detectors.
• Collaborate with semiconductor customers, vendors, product teams, and technical program managers throughout product development.
• Define product and technology roadmaps, design methodologies, and verification strategies.
• Work with RTL, design verification, test, and validation engineers to implement blocks and validate hardware against simulations.
• Author, review, and validate architectural specifications while identifying risks, improvements, and mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience and a Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Deep knowledge of power-efficient digital design flows for high-speed AMS electronics, preferably involving photonic communication channels.
• Proven experience delivering high-volume silicon and understanding the silicon product development flow.
• Experience designing digital circuits for high-speed analog or photonic links, including device bring-up, control, and digital signal processing.
• Strong problem-solving and customer communication skills, with a record of timely responses and positive feedback.
• Capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.

Nice to have

• Understanding of the SerDes PCS layer, equalization, and forward-error-correction schemes.
• Experience with CAD tools, SPICE simulators, IBIS-AMI simulators, MATLAB, or Python.
• Ability to collaborate across digital, analog, photonic, software, test, and validation disciplines.
• Data-driven, analytical, process-oriented, innovative, and adaptable approach to technical problem-solving.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid workplace model with a close-knit, technically diverse team.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement savings matching program.
• Life insurance, disability coverage, vacation, sick leave, public holidays, and paid family leave.
• Training and development, commuter benefits, and equity grants for eligible full-time employees.