Senior ASIC Design Engineer

About Us:
Headquartered in Ottawa BTA Design serves the electronic design community from Canada specializing in ASIC and FPGA design and verification and embedded software development services. We augment and enhance our clients teams and accelerate the development of complete designs.

Were adaptable and efficient with a brilliant staff at our core. We aim to be the best at what we do.

Our success continues to fuel growth. We are currently searching globally for a number of key technical resources including a Senior ASIC Design Engineer with exceptional technical skills and significant experience.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work on AI/HPC SOCs in the custom silicon business unit of a large well-known Tier 1 fabless semiconductor company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate system-level requirements into clear detailed implementable architecture and design specifications.
• Develop synthesis and timing constraints for complex block and sub-systems
• Design and implement complex RTL logic (mainly Verilog or System Verilog) run block-level simulation ASIC synthesis timing closure.
• Interface with the verification team design team hardware team and support team.
• Perform lab bring-up product integration and support.
• Provide technical support to customers and lead them through complex technical issues

Key Qualifications:

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in ASIC design.
• Experience with modern day ASIC development including complex RTL logic design synthesis STA lint LEC and understanding of PnR.
• Experience developing synthesis and timing constraints for complex logic blocks and sub-systems on large timing critical digital designs.
• Experience in a lab environment troubleshooting issues up to the system level.
• Experience or knowledge in one or more of the following: ARM A** or RISC-V Application Processor Sub-Systems Processor Fabric Interfaces (ARM preferred coherent and non-coherent) Caches Non-Volatile memory DSP Cores AI Acceleration Cores Networking Switch/Router Datapaths Packet Processing OTN Ethernet.
• Experience with one or more industry standard interfaces e.g. 10/25/40/100Gb Ethernet and OTN PCIe SPI I2C USB AXI AHB AMBA GPIO SRIO DDR/SDRAM/DMA NV Memories
• Test verification and scripting experience is a must.
• Track record as a self-starter a team player and a leader.

Compensation:
$140000 to $190000 plus company bonus and benefits plan.
Salary is heavily dependent on individual experience and capability.

This is a new position. Only candidates selected for an interview will be Intelligence tools are not used in the evaluation and selection of candidates.

Why Work Here
We offer interesting work in challenging stimulating technical environments with companies that lead the world in technology and innovation.

We recognize that our strength is in the individuals who join our team so at BTA Design Services we foster an environment where everyone is appreciated trusted and engaged. We recognize that work-life balance is important and we strive to provide our employees with challenging roles that also allow them to enjoy family friends and life outside of work.