FPGA Designer

Job summary

Working under the supervision of the FPGA group manager, your responsibilities, as an FPGA designer, will be to define, implement, test and support high-speed and high-performance digital circuits for the FPGA embedded in various telecommunication applications used across EXFO’s test and measurement equipment product line.

What you’ll do

You will work in a hybrid mode within an Agile development environment.

Your work will be to study industry standards related to communication protocols and to explore FPGA technologies to guide design toward desired solutions.

You will have to define the architecture of the circuits to realize, to design low-level FPGA designs (inputs / outputs, interfaces, etc.), code IP blocks that implement high-speed, high-performance digital circuits for different protocols, to compile designs with the help of EDA tools and optimize circuits to meet performance criteria.

You will also perform functional verification of FPGA designs and circuits both in simulation and on electronic boards.

Finally, you will be involved in integrating FPGA functions into the final product. To do this, you may be required to write drivers in C/C++ and collaborate with the hardware design, software development, and verification teams.

What we’re looking for

Technical skills

• Knowledge of FPGA development processes and tools (Vivado, Quartus);
• Knowledge of FPGA development languages (VHDL is a must, HLS an asset);
• Knowledge of simulation tools (Questa/Modelsim is a must, cocotb an asset);
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Perl, TCL);
• Knowledge of C and C++ languages;
• Practical knowledge of verification methods;
• Knowledge of telecommunication principles (Fiber, Ethernet, LTE, 5G, etc.);
• Knowledge of server infrastructure technologies, virtualization and continuous integration tools;
• Practical experience of board-level FPGA design;
• Practical experience of Agile methodology;

Required aptitudes

• Passionate about his/her work and about high technology in general;
• Autonomous and capable to take full ownership of the project assigned to him/her;
• Favors their team’s success over their own
• Team player capable to share with, as well as to learn from his/her coworkers;
• Capable to propose creative solution to the problems encountered.

Must have

Pertinent experience: 5 years of experience as FPGA Designer

Language requirements: French and English (verbal and written).

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronical Engineering or in Computer Sciences.

Other: Must have proper authorizations and paperwork to legally work in Canada.

Any other combination of experience/studies will be considered.