Senior Staff Engineer, IC Systems Architect

Semtech • Ottawa, ON

1d • CA$120,000 - CA$150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Our Team: Semtech’s Signal Integrity Products group designs high performance optical networking product platforms that enable hyperscale data center applications, enterprise networking, wireless infrastructure, including 5G fronthaul, 5G midhaul, and passive optical network/Fibre-to-the-X markets. To put it simply, whenever you use your computer to browse the latest online deals, whenever you use your smartphone to make a video call, most likely, your data is passing through one of the many high-speed devices designed by the IC team at Semtech. Our experience and expertise ensure we are always pushing the boundaries of networking speed, ensuring the best experience for our end users – you! Join us, and together we will continue to build a faster, better, and more secure online world for everyone. Job Summary: The IC System Architect is an integral part of the integrated circuit design team. Working in close collaboration with analog, digital, firmware design engineers, they are responsible for aiding in the initial feasibility analysis and fabrication process selection. The individual follows the design through to defining a circuit level architecture and verifying the evolving implementation continues to meet the application requirements.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field such as electrical engineering etc.
• 10 years direct industry experience in IC development for high speed communications systems
• High speed analog and mixed signal circuit design
• Through understanding of linear and non-linear channel simulation techniques
• Deep understanding of signal equalization techniques and clock-and-data recovery for wideband, multi-gigabit systems

Responsibilities

• Assessing system level requirements to meet target applications
• Mapping system level requirements on to integrated circuit functional blocks
• Working directly as part of the IC design team to find the optimal power, performance and cost tradeoffs
• Preliminary circuit-level feasibility for critical elements
• Detailed modelling of IC and external components to project target performance
• Algorithm development for on-chip calibration and signal conditioning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior