Senior FPGA Designer

Location: Onsite in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Salary: CAD 113,400–153,400 per year, with potential annual bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops optical and photonic products for cloud networking, telecommunications, industrial technology, lasers, and advanced manufacturing.

What you will do

• Design FPGA control and datapath architectures, including IP core configuration and integration.
• Create test plans and simulation environments, support debugging, review coverage reports, and improve verification coverage.
• Collaborate with hardware and firmware engineers on cross-functional integration, lab validation, and system-level debugging.
• Develop automated testing scripts and perform synthesis, constraint implementation, timing analysis, and optimization.
• Create and maintain design, test, and project documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers, participate in design reviews, and promote best practices across FPGA design and verification.

Requirements

• Strong experience in ASIC or FPGA design and simulation using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Strong experience with synthesis, constraints, timing analysis, and clock domain crossing.
• Strong experience with AMD Xilinx or Altera FPGAs and their development tools.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering groups on multi-designer projects.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, debugging, communication, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Nice to have

• SystemVerilog Assertions, advanced verification methodologies, and coverage analysis.
• Embedded processor SoC design, PCIe, DDR memory, AXI interfaces, or digital signal processing.
• VHDL, C, Csh, Tcl, Python, Perl, or Linux development experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible time off and health and wellness benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement and career growth support.
• Free gym, games room, prayer room, subsidized meals, and complimentary coffee and tea.
• Employee stock options and incentive plans.
• Collaborative, innovative, inclusive workplace with equal opportunity and accommodation support.