ASIC Synthesis and STA Engineer - New Grad (ASIC)

Location: Ottawa, Canada

Annual salary: $70,700–$112,900

Company

hirify.global develops high-speed connectivity infrastructure and optical networking technologies, including the WaveLogic family of ASIC-based products.

What you will do

• Execute front-end implementation for assigned ASIC IP subsystems, including synthesis, static timing analysis, logical equivalence checking, and clock domain crossing validation.
• Develop and maintain timing constraints for synthesis, signoff, and subsystem integration.
• Verify equivalence between RTL and gate-level netlists during pre-layout and post-layout stages.
• Validate clock domain crossings for top-level ASIC integration.
• Create and optimize scripts, tools, and documentation to improve synthesis and static timing workflows.
• Implement engineering change orders and collaborate with ASIC integration, IP development, physical design, and external EDA partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of ASIC implementation flows, including synthesis, timing analysis, logical equivalence checking, and clock domain crossing validation.
• Familiarity with RTL design principles and hardware description languages.
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary engineering teams and manage deliverables against project schedules.

Nice to have

• Experience with floorplanning, Design for Testability, place and route, or other front-end and back-end design activities.
• Experience using synthesis or static timing analysis tools in an ASIC development environment.
• Exposure to deep-submicron ASIC technologies, advanced timing closure, Python or Tcl scripting, DSP-centric or high-speed ASIC programs, and collaboration with EDA vendors or foundry technology teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Development opportunities and work focused on high-speed optical networking infrastructure.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Participation in DCPP in Canada with company matching, an Employee Stock Purchase Program, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation time, and applicable paid family leave.
• Potential eligibility for a discretionary incentive bonus.