ASIC RTL Design Lead in Ottawa, Canada

Are you a globetrotter who has become tired of the Swedish climate? Are you looking for... more snow? Then perhaps it´s time to move to Canada! We´re now helping our client BTA Design in Ottawa to find an ASIC RTL Design Lead. This is a direct recruitment to our client with a flexible start date - whenever you feel ready to move!

About our client:

Headquartered in Ottawa, BTA Design serves the electronic design community from Canada, specializing in ASIC and FPGA design and verification, and embedded software development services. We augment and enhance our clients´ teams and accelerate the development of complete designs.

We´re adaptable and efficient, with a brilliant staff at our core. We aim to be the best at what we do.

Our success continues to fuel growth. We are currently searching globally for a number of key technical resources, including a highly experienced ASIC RTL Design Lead.

We are looking for world-class engineers, and that means worldwide searching. If you are an exceptional ASIC Designer with an interest in coming to Canada to work with us, we want to hear from you.

About the Position:

In this role you will lead front-end logic development, from specs to micro-architecture to verified RTL to timing clean netlists, on challenging sub-systems. These sub-systems will likely be a part of very large and complex GPU/AI or networking SOCs in advanced technology nodes down to 3nm FinFET. You will help build and then lead a highly competent team of designers, playing a key role in integrating new capabilities into our clients´ world-class ASICs.

Key Responsibilities:

Understand high-level ASIC requirements architecture and translate them into micro-architecture and high-level design.
Lead the front-end ASIC design effort on complex ASIC sub-systems development from specifications to netlist hand-off to PnR.
Support ASIC lead on project planning and management ASIC front-end developments.
Support SOC integration and PnR team implementation to GDSII for the above.
Design and implement RTL logic (mainly Verilog or System Verilog), run and debug block-level simulations, ASIC constraint development, synthesis and timing closure.
Provide technical support to customers and lead them through complex technical issues.

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum of an undergraduate degree in CS, EE or equivalent skills/experience.
• 12+ years of ASIC design and related experience.
• Experience with modern day ASIC development including RTL logic design, (physical) synthesis, STA, lint, LEC, and understanding of PnR.
• Proven experience with the duties and responsibilities listed above.
• Experience with complex asynchronous clock architectures and high-speed serial interfaces.
• Experience evaluating and integrating 3rd party IP.
• Experience or knowledge in some of the following: Multi-rate PCS, 10/25/40/100GbE, Transceivers, Packet Processing, OTN, Routers/Switches, Cellular, Mobile Devices, Video Processing, GPUs, AI Hardware Acceleration.
• Experience with industry standard interfaces e.g. Ethernet, OTN, SONET, PCIe, SPI, I2C, USB, AMBA, GPIO, SRIO, DDR/SDRAM, DMA, 4G, LTE, 5G, O-RAN, 3GPP, H.264.
• Experience in a lab environment, troubleshooting issues up to the system level.
• Track record as a self-starter, a team player and a leader.

Why Work Here?

We offer interesting work in challenging, stimulating technical environments with companies that lead the world in technology and innovation.

We recognize that our strength is in the individuals who join our team, so at BTA Design Services, we foster an environment where everyone is appreciated, trusted and engaged. We recognize that work-life balance is important and we strive to provide our employees with challenging roles that also allow them to enjoy family, friends and life outside of work.