Senior Design/Verification Engineer

Location: Burlington, ON

Job Summary:

Semtech’s Signal Integrity Product Business Unit delivers high performance Signal Integrity IC’s for data communications and video broadcast industries.  This role offers a rare opportunity to join a highly integrated and very collaborative group of digital, analog, and physical designers, to deliver highly integrated mixed signal IC’s. 

As a key member of our Digital Design group, you will be working in a team environment contributing to development of advanced digital subsystems within mixed signal ICs.  This versatile position will provide exposure to all areas of digital silicon development including definition, design, verification, and implementation. 

As a member of the verification group and project team, you will provide high quality work and be accountable for helping the team meet its project milestones and objectives.

As an expert in the field of digital IC verification, you will be expected to be current in the state-of-the-art verification methods and be active in improving our process. Management will also rely on you to assist in setting company directions and driving best practices.  In addition, you will provide guidance to other engineers in the development of our next generation products.

This position requires someone with a high energy level, strong communication skills and ability to work well as a part of a skilled development team.

Responsibilities:

• Functional verification of high-speed digital circuits using a constrained random verification methodology

• Behavioral modeling of analog circuits and mixed level simulation of analog/digital circuits

• Create product and technical documents

• Prepare project plans and schedules

• Provide technical guidance of verification tasks and resources within a project team

• Work with analog engineers, system engineers and marketing to ensure the design meets all customer and performance requirements

• Work with Validation, Test and Product Engineers to support the validation and qualification of the end product

• Provide leadership, guidance and mentoring to other Engineers

• Continual improvement of design verification and productivity. Review and enhance verification methodology

Minimum Qualifications:

• A B.Sc. degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and minimum 5+ years relevant industry experience with a preference for more than 7 years.

• Expert knowledge in constrained random verification using UVM, OVM, AVM, or VMM methodologies.

• Knowledge and/or experience with object-oriented languages; SystemVerilog is preferred.

• Experience with related programming/scripting languages (i.e., Python, TCL, Perl, C.)

• Working knowledge of PC and Unix/Linux operating systems.

• Knowledge of digital verification methods.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

• Excellent interpersonal and team skills.

• Self-motivated and creative.

• Well organized, thorough, and detail oriented.

• Ability to multitask and prioritize multiple simultaneous responsibilities.

Career Growth Philosophy

At Semtech, we seek innovation and leadership from each and every member of our team.  Our goal is to ensure that our talented professionals are equipped with support, resources, and the opportunity to excel. Our pay-for-performance philosophy provides recognition and prestige coupled with a competitive compensation package.

The intent of this job description is to describe the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be required to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically included in this description.

All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

We may leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to enhance efficiency during candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment. Final hiring decisions remain with our Hiring Teams, not AI systems.

A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is $115,000-$130,000 CAD.  There are several factors taken into consideration in determining base salary, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, skills, education and experience, as well as job location and the value of other elements.