Hardware Design Lead

Headquartered in Ottawa, with additional design center locations in Waterloo and San Jose, Fidus is a global leader and dynamic high-tech design firm. Fidus specializes in leading-edge electronic product development. We have successfully completed over 4,000+ projects for global brands, servicing industries such as Telecommunications, Semiconductor, Aerospace and Defence, Satcom, Consumer Electronics, Industrial, Automotive, Medical and more. 

We have an exciting opening for a Hardware Design Lead for our Ottawa or Waterloo design centre. If you enjoy technical challenges, thrive on project diversity, love to grow, learn, and want to be part of a creative team then Fidus is the place for you.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop the system and board level architectural design, but working collaboratively with the software and FPGA programmers to analyze requirements.
• Provide schematic design and component selection for high-speed circuits, SerDes, control circuits, power supply sequencing, inter-board connectors, and memory busses.
• Conduct design simulations using LTSpice and prove circuits using prototype bench tests.
• Work with the Signal Integrity team to ensure a detailed analysis of critical nets.
• Participate in design reviews (Signal Integrity, PCB Layout, FPGA coding, Software) to ensure Fidus quality standards are met.
• Perform parts library creation and schematic capture, including embedded layout constraints, using OrCAD Capture CIS.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and test procedures.
• Lab bring-up and in-depth verification of hardware prototypes.
• Actively collaborate with the team to address hardware & software integration issues.
• Lead regulatory certification testing.
• Generate technical and user documentation.
• Provide pre-project technical support to the business and sales teams on project scope, schedule, effort estimates, and deliverables, and post-project technical support to customers.
• Act as a mentor and sounding board to junior and intermediate electronic designers.

• Minimum 10 years of direct electronics design experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• Ability to lead a design and act as a mentor for Junior and Intermediate designers.
• Strong fundamental knowledge of high-speed circuit and multi-layer PCB design.
• In depth understanding of all aspects of the hardware product development cycle including requirements, architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, signal integrity, verification, and manufacturing.
• Background in FPGA designs, including serial interfaces, power/thermal design.
• Experience with high-speed devices and protocols including DDR4, PCIe Gen4, MIPI, 1/10/100 Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C, HDMI, and JESD204B.
• Experience with development tools such as Orcad, Cadence Allegro, Altium, DxDesigner, and Xpedition.
• Experience using optical test sets, signal analyzers, and GHz+ oscilloscopes for analysis of eye diagrams, phase noise, and overall signal quality.
• Hands-on debugging experience involving scopes, VNAs, signal generators, electronic loads.
• Familiarity with ESD, EMI, and RF design considerations.
• Ability to use Verilog, RTL, or HLS an asset.
• Ability to clearly communicate design requirements, status and issues with customers.

What’s in it for You?

• Working with a Proudly Tier 1 High-Tech Design House at a Rapidly Expanding Industry: Fidus is pleased to provide customers with full end-to-end development solutions or more selective targeted engagements. As a Premier Adaptive Computing Partner for AMD North America, Fidus has delivered more than 4,000 projects for 400+ clients, from Tier-1 multinationals to SMEs to start-ups. Fidus is headquartered in Ottawa with local design centers in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Jose. Fidus is involved in assessing and implementing the newest technologies, often before they are released to the market.
• Join an Evolving Company: Make your voice heard and create the change you want to see. Be a contributor on challenging projects, lead with your expertise influencing change and growth in our product and services roadmaps. Fidus is recognized for accelerating the product development cycle and optimizing system implementation for better cost, performance and power to our clients!
• Join During Rapid Growth Mode: Consistently exceeding targets and strong projections for years ahead, you’re joining at an exciting time in Fidus history. Recognized as a trusted design partner, Fidus is dedicated to meeting customer expectations and develop long-term relationships with clients built on integrity, quality and open communications.
• Work with Cutting Edge Technology: Fidus specializes in leading-edge electronic product development, including hardware, software, and FPGA/ASIC design/verification. Work on a variety of leading technologies, be part of a team that solves the hard problems that new technologies present. Our training, mentoring, and exposure to different types of projects allow Fidus engineers to become highly sought after experts, more quickly than in other environment. Exposure to various diverse industries and clients which means exciting new technologies.
• Generous Benefits Package and Company Culture: Featuring a full benefits package, healthy work/life balance, LTD & STD, generous PTO and a company emphasis placed on feeling welcome and at home; ensuring you are taken care of is of utmost importance to Fidus.

Fidus is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.