## Hardware Design Engineer – Application Engineering, StaffOttawa, Ontario, CanadaApply NowFind out how well you match with this jobJob ID: ## Company:Qualcomm Canada ULC## Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware EngineeringGeneral Summary:As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements. New PositionMinimum

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.Hardware Design Engineer, Staff – Application Engineering

About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Staff Hardware Design Engineer to join our Application Engineering team supporting next-generation Optical DSP, Active Electrical Cable (AEC), and Optical Transceiver solutions for AI and cloud infrastructure.
In this role, you will be responsible for the design, development, bring-up, validation,



and support of evaluation platforms used for customer engagements, product characterization, and application development. You will work closely with Application Engineering and Hardware Engineering to accelerate product adoption and enable customer success.
The ideal candidate combines strong board-level hardware design expertise with hands-on laboratory debugging experience and a deep understanding of high-speed signal integrity and power integrity challenges in 100G/lane, 200G/lane, and future 400G/lane PAM4 systems.

What You'll Do
Evaluation Board Development* Independently own EVB development projects from specification through validation.
* Create hardware specifications, design documents, schematics, PCB layout requirements, assembly guidelines, and validation plans.
* Lead hardware bring-up and debugging efforts for application engineering platforms.
* Act as the hardware expert supporting both internal engineering teams and external customers.
* Drive signal integrity and power integrity analysis to support successful product deployment.
* Serve as the primary hardware liaison for application engineering activities..EVB Bring-Up, Validation & Debug* Lead first-power-on and bring-up activities for newly developed hardware platforms.
* Perform board-level debug involving:
* Perform root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions for hardware issues.




* Support system characterization and reliability testing activities.Customer Optical Transceiver Support* Support customers integrating DSP products into optical transceivers and AEC platforms.
* Review customer schematic designs and PCB layouts.
* Assist customers in resolving hardware-related issues during design and deployment phases.
* Work directly with customer hardware teams during bring-up and qualification activities.Power Integrity & Power Delivery Design* Analyze power delivery networks for high-performance DSP and optical products.
* Perform power integrity simulations and validation using industry-standard tools.
* Evaluate: + Voltage ripple + Transient response + Decoupling effectiveness + Power distribution performance
* Optimize power delivery architectures to meet performance and reliability requirements.

What You'll Need
* 5 to 8 years of experience in high-speed hardware development, PCB design for high-speed SerDes or optical transceiver design
* Strong experience in schematic capture, PCB design review, and hardware development processes.
* Familiar with high-speed PAM4 signaling and SerDes-based systems.
* Hands-on experience with EVB design, bring-up, validation, and debug.
* Strong knowledge of signal integrity, fundamentals and channel analysis.
* Deep Knowledge of power integrity concepts and power delivery network design.
* Experience with laboratory equipment for EVB bring up:
* Solid troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
* Excellent communication and documentation skills.Preferred Qualifications* Experience with Signal Integrity simulation tools such as HFSS
* Experience with optical transceiver design
* Experience with thermal analysis and mechanical integration considerations.*

📌 Hardware Design Engineer – Application Engineering, Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Hardware Engineering Posted a month ago
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