Hardware engineer Jobs in Vancouver, BC

Overview :

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories graphics processors motherboard chip sets and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

Position : Memory FW Engineer Senior

Location : Vancouver BC

Duration : 12 Months

Job Type : Contract

Work Type : Remote

The Person :

Will have strong analytical / problemsolving skills and pronounced attention to details.

Must be a selfstarter and able to independently drive tasks to completion.

Will have strong interpersonal and communication skills

The Role :

The Memory IO team is looking for a passionate and experienced Firmware designers for the pre / postsilicon development of highspeed LPDDR DDR and interchip IO IPs.

Be a part of the definition design and development and productization phase of industryleading Memory PHYs and interface IP.

This opportunity includes enabling of new PHY designs at the microarchitecture firmware / hardware codesign and algorithm design level.

Be a part of a team that delivers Industry leading IP and help our experts in RTL FW circuit and architecture teams develop leading edge Memory interfaces.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

Firmware design and development of DDR PHY & DRAM Training steps

Firmware development of DDR PHY for ATE Testing IP Char & SoC Power

Presilicon FW coding and simulation against Architectural and RTL models

Postsilicon lab bringup and optimization of DDR Init and Run Time FW

Postsilicon DDR Training enhancements to enable robust links for higher reliability / higher frequency margin

Working with SoC / Product firmware teams to define features and specs

Preference & Skill Sets :

Excellent knowledge of C C and any scripting language such as Python.

Good Knowledge of Verilog / SystemVerilog and digital simulation debug nice to have.

Ability to adapt learn new toolsets and frameworks is required.

Strong understanding of synchronization techniques (handshakes message passing); knowledge of hardware level clocking and synchronization is a plus

Postsilicon experience developing firmware on real hardware is required. Experience with SERDES DDR Memory Controller Design experience is preferred

Strong understanding of computer organization / architecture.

Laboratory experience including the use of equipment : oscilloscopes logic analyzers etc.

Experience with low level physical phenomenaoriented logic design is an asset (dealing with IO clocking voltage control etc.)

EXPERIENCE :

5 years experience as firmware engineer required.

EDUCATION :

Bachelors degree in electrical or computer engineering is strongly desired.

Masters or PhD degree is a plus.

Top skills :

• Firmware C coding experience
• Presilicon / postsilicon development experience
• Verilog / systemverilog knowledge (nice to have)
• Python (nice to have)

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.