Senior Hardware Consultant

Team: Hardware Development

Location: Kanata, ON

Commitment: Contractor

Workplace Type: onsite

What you'll do

• Define and develop FPGA architectures and reusable IP blocks for 4G/5G Radio Units and wireless infrastructure products.
• Design, implement, and integrate complex RTL components using Verilog, SystemVerilog, and/or VHDL.
• Contribute to system-level architecture decisions, ensuring compliance with 3GPP, O-RAN Alliance, and product-specific requirements.
• Develop and execute FPGA verification strategies, including UVM-based verification environments, simulation, and hardware validation activities.
• Optimize FPGA implementations for timing closure, resource utilization, throughput, latency, and overall system performance.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, software, systems, and radio development teams to ensure successful integration and hardware/software interoperability.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring, architecture guidance, and development of engineering best practices.
• Support strategic technology initiatives, technical investigations, customer discussions, and long-term product planning activities. 

What you'll need to get the job done

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience developing FPGA solutions for wireless communications, telecommunications, or other high-performance digital systems.
• Strong expertise in FPGA architecture, RTL design, IP development, and verification methodologies.
• Experience with wireless communications protocols and standards including LTE, 5G NR, eCPRI, CPRI, and PTP.
• Familiarity with high-speed interfaces and protocols such as JESD204B/C, Ethernet, PCIe, AXI, and SERDES technologies.
• Proficiency with FPGA development tools including Vivado, Quartus, MATLAB/Simulink, HDL Coder, and modern version control workflows. 

What will make us REALLY love you

• Experience developing FPGA solutions for O-RAN-based Radio Units or other wireless infrastructure products.
• Strong background in digital signal processing, radio architectures, and high-speed data path design.
• Experience developing reusable FPGA IP for high-volume telecommunications products.
• Participation in industry organizations, standards development activities, technical publications, patents, or other recognized technical leadership initiatives.