FPGA Designer Lead

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Role:

The FPGA Lead will report to the FPGA Manager. The individual will lead the development of one or more FPGA for various space applications such as robotics, command & control, radar imaging, telecommunications and digital signal processing.

Tasks:

• Collaborate with other engineering teams (system, software, board, etc.) to understand the project’s technical requirements
• Make sure the higher level requirements are properly converted into FPGA requirements and architectures
• Plan staged FPGA deliveries for integration & test with other unit or system level designs, ex: hardware or software, or even with the customer
• Participate in reviews to ensure that FPGA module requirements are properly converted into HW description documents that describe in words and diagrams what the design will consist of
• Supervise requirement traceability management
• Ensure FPGA Interface Control Documents (ICDs) are produced and adequate
• Collaborate with other engineering teams (system, software, board, test, etc.) to integrate FPGA designs into the larger system
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members, helping them to grow and develop their skills
• Participate in writing VHDL code for the modules or FPGA
• Participate in synthesizing and placement & routing of the design
• Support the functional verification carried out by the verification team
• Provide laboratory support to board developers, test software developers and, where applicable, embedded software developers.

Required Qualifications:

• Electrical Engineering (EE) or equivalent Bachelor’s degree
• Fifteen (15) years or more of experience designing and/or architecting FPGAs or ASICs
• Experience in technical leadership of a FPGA development team
• Knowledge of Synplify, Modelsim, Xilinx Vivado, Microchip/Microsemi Libero 
• Familiarity with the Unix/Linux environment and script languages (CShell, Tcl, Python)
• Exposure to automated verification techniques for test benches
• Strong inter-personal skills and an ability to work well in a team
• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Good verbal and written communication skills in French and ideally also in English ( Contact with customers outside Québec, work on English-language deliverables).
• Knowledge of space radiation effects on electronic components is a plus
• Knowledge of SystemVerilog is a plus
• Knowledge of Xilinx Versal ACAP is a plus

Comments/Special Considerations:

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP).

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