9 Electronics Design jobs in Canada

Job Description

Hardware Design Engineer

Founded in 1991, the Mircom Group of Companies is North America’s largest independent designer, manufacturer and distributor of intelligent building and life safety solutions. Reaching customers in over 100 countries worldwide, our portfolio includes: fire detection & alarm, communications & security, mass notification, nurse call, and building automation & smart technologies.

Mircom’s mission is to save lives and protect property by providing a line-up of innovative and advanced solutions which are scalable to satisfy diverse user demands, from small buildings to the largest complexes. Our unwavering commitment to North American manufacturing enables us to offer the highest quality and best competitive value across our vast range of products and solutions.

Summary:

Mircom is seeking talented, independent individuals that have previous experience in analog, digital and mixed signal circuit design. The ideal candidate is expected to demonstrate knowledge on a broad range of systems and circuits, including: Power supplies, small signal and power amplifiers, signal processing, microcontroller based systems, FPGA based digital systems, serial communications channels, ADC/DAC converters, EMI/EMC filtering and protection. This is a full time permanent role based out of our Head Office in Vaughan, ON.

• Analyze product requirements and create a detailed hardware architecture and formal structured design.
• Conduct circuit analysis from requirements to formal design.
• Perform simulations to validate design choices.
• Design of electronic circuits using suitable components, systems and equipment.
• Design auxiliary tools, prototypes and test interfaces.
• Circuit debugging and troubleshooting.
• Prepare product operational documentation to support software development.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PHD Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Analog, Digital and Mixed Signal Circuits Analysis and Design experience.
• Embedded Systems.
• DC/DC Power Converters.
• FPGA Design.
• Audio Power Amplifiers.
• A/D and D/A Converters.
• Passive and Active Filters.
• Microprocessors and microcontrollers.
• Serial Communication (UART, SPI, I2C, USB, I2S, Ethernet).
• Schematic Drawing.
• Ability to manage time effectively to meet schedule commitments.
• Good oral/written communication and interpersonal skills to support work in a team environment.
• Self-started, versatile and eager to learn.

Desired Skills:

• Hands-on PCB Layout knowledge
• Analog circuit simulation
• C programming experience
• VHDL programming
• DFT and DFM techniques
• Experience with Altium Designer, Matlab and PSPICE

What Mircom Offers:

• A great working environment with opportunities for advancement
• Competitive salary
• Group Insurance benefits
• Company RRSP program

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position however only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Mircom Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer that considers all applicants regardless of cultural background, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, family status, disability or any other grounds as outlined in the Ontario Human Rights Code. In compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Mircom is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive work environment for all individuals with disabilities in a respectful and dignified manner. Accommodations will be made available, upon request, to applicants who have specialized needs throughout the recruitment process.

Disclaimer: Mircom does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved in advance by Mircom to provide resumes to this posting or website will be considered unsolicited

Job Description

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

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.

Job Description

We're working with an innovative company at the forefront of aerospace and defense technology to find a Design Verification Engineer (Board Electronics). In this role, you'll take ownership of product verification effortsfrom planning and execution to troubleshooting and reporting. Youll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet stringent reliability and performance standards, with a focus on FPGA, GPU, and MPSoC systems used in mission-critical environments.

The right candidate brings 5+ years of experience in hardware design verification, a strong command of test instrumentation, and familiarity with video standards (e.g., DisplayPort, HDMI, 12G-SDI) and serial protocols (SPI, UART, I2C). Hands-on experience with environmental testing and schematic review tools is highly valued. You'll be part of a company that emphasizes autonomy, technical excellence, and collaborationoffering strong benefits, wellness perks, and a performance-driven culture.

Huawei Canada has an immediate permanent opening for a Principal Scientist.

About the team:

The Computing Data Application Acceleration Lab aims to create a leading global data analytics platform organized into three specialized teams using innovative programming technologies. This team focuses on full-stack innovations, including software-hardware co-design and optimizing data efficiency at both the storage and runtime layers. This team also develops next-generation GPU architecture for gaming, cloud rendering, VR/AR, and Metaverse applications.

One of the goals of this lab are to enhance algorithm performance and training efficiency across industries, fostering long-term competitiveness.

About the job:

• Build an accurate and universal AI performance model based on mainstream AI acceleration technologies to support theoretical analysis.

• Track the emerging hardware designs in the industry, conduct in-depth insight and survey analysis, and identify the direction of key cutting-edge technologies.

• Cooperate with our AI research team to identify key performance bottlenecks in future AI workloads, and define key algo-hw codesign features of our next-generation chips, for the objectives of low cost, high throughput, great scalability, and stability.

• Performance modelling of representative AI workloads with state of the art training & inference algorithms on different hardware specs for quantitative analysis of compute, memory, IO and interconnect.

• Lead our team for acceleration algorithm breakthrough in best tradeoff between model quality and compute efficiency.

• Track the emerging algorithm-hardware codesign technologies in the industry, conduct in-depth insight and survey analysis, and deeply understand main directions and trends of cutting-edge algorithm-hardware codesign technologies.

Job Description

We're working with an innovative company at the forefront of aerospace and defense technology to find a Senior PCB Design Engineer. In this role, youll lead the design of complex, high-speed multilayer PCBs (10+ layers), collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge, mission-critical hardware. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of hands-on experience in high-speed PCB layout, deep knowledge of signal/power integrity, and proficiency with Cadence Allegro. Experience with technologies such as PCIe, DDR4, DisplayPort, and Rigid-Flex designs will set you apart. You'll join a company that values technical excellence, autonomy, competitive salary, cross-team collaboration, strong benefits, wellness perks, and a performance-based culture.

Job Description

Position: Staff ASIC Design Engineer – AI/ML Hardware IP
Location: On-site in Canada

We're partnering with a leading global semiconductor company to find a Staff ASIC Design Engineer to help architect and develop next-gen AI/ML hardware IP. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in RTL design, micro-architecture development, and hardware integration , particularly in areas like clock domain crossing, power optimization, and formal verification.

• Define micro-architecture and detailed specifications from high-level design requirements.

• Develop performance-optimized RTL design (Verilog/SystemVerilog) with strong area and power efficiency.

• Integrate sub-IP blocks into larger SoC components and subsystems.

• Conduct Lint, CDC, and synthesis flow analysis.

• Collaborate with verification teams to define test plans, debug regressions, and analyze coverage reports.

• Create SVA assertions for white-box and formal verification.

• Communicate effectively across cross-functional teams to ensure timely execution of deliverables.

• 5+ years of hands-on ASIC design experience (verification, RTL, integration, etc.).

• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog, RTL design, and logic synthesis.

• Experience with one or more of the following:

  • Clock/reset architecture, FIFOs, bus protocols (AHB/AXI), memory control

  • AI/ML hardware blocks

  • Power-aware design using UPF, CLP, PowerPro, etc.

  • CDC and lint tools (Spyglass, 0-in, SVA)

  • Synthesis and timing tools (Design Compiler, PrimeTime, Formality)

  • Simulation tools (VCS, Verdi, Questa, Xcelium)

  • Scripting in Python, Perl, TCL, or C

• Bachelor’s (with 5+ years), Master’s (3+ years), or PhD (2+ years) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

• Legally authorized to work on-site in Canada.

Job Description

Position: Senior Staff ASIC Design Engineer – AI/ML Hardware IP
Location: On-site in Canada

We’re working with a global semiconductor leader to hire a Senior Staff ASIC Design Engineer focused on developing cutting-edge AI/ML hardware IP. This role is designed for a senior contributor who can lead architecture definition, RTL development, and integration across complex SoC designs. You'll work cross-functionally to optimize performance, area, power, and verification coverage in highly scalable AI/ML systems.

• Define and implement micro-architecture based on high-level AI/ML design requirements.

• Own RTL development (Verilog/SystemVerilog), optimizing for performance, area, and power.

• Integrate multiple sub-IP blocks into cohesive larger systems.

• Drive Linting, CDC, Synthesis, and Power Intent flow execution and analysis.

• Partner closely with verification teams on test plans, debug, and functional coverage.

• Develop SVA assertions to support formal and white-box verification strategies.

• Influence and lead cross-functional execution, promoting best practices in design and integration.

• 6+ years of ASIC design, RTL, and integration experience (or equivalent: Master’s + 5, PhD + 4).

• Advanced RTL design skills, especially in Verilog/SystemVerilog.

• Demonstrated ownership of complex SoC blocks or subsystems.

• Strong background in:

  • Clock/reset architecture, FIFOs, memory control

  • Power-aware design and low-power optimization (UPF, CLP, PowerPro)

  • Bus protocols (AHB, AXI)

  • AI/ML-specific hardware acceleration blocks

• Deep toolchain knowledge:

  • Simulation (VCS, Verdi, Questa, Xcelium)

  • CDC/lint/formal tools (Spyglass, 0-in, Formality)

  • Synthesis/timing (DCG/NXT, Primetime)

• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, C) to support design automation.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.

• Must be legally authorized to work on-site in Canada.