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About the Role

The Hardware Designer plays a key role in architecting and delivering complex, high-performance electronic systems for Fidus clients. You will work closely with customers and cross-functional teams to define system and board-level architectures, design high-speed circuits, and support full product development from concept through bring-up and validation. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys tackling challenging, high-speed designs, working across the full hardware lifecycle, and collaborating in multidisciplinary environments.

Responsibilities

Develop system and board level architectural design, collaborating with software and FPGA programmers to analyze requirements.
Provide schematic design and component selection for high-speed circuits, SerDes to 32Gbps, 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 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.
Perform 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 business and sales teams on project scope, schedule, effort estimates, and deliverables.
Provide post-project technical support to customers.
Act as a mentor and sounding board to junior and intermediate electronic designers.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of direct electronics design experience.
Ability to lead a design technically and as a mentor.
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 32Gbps diff pairs, power/thermal design.
Experience with high-speed devices and protocols including DDR4, PCIe Gen4, MIPI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C, HDMI, SerDes and JESD204B.
Experience with development tools such as Cadence CIS/Orcad/Cadence Allegro.
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 is an asset.
Embraces AI as part of a modern engineering toolkit.

Skills

High-speed circuit design
Multi-layer PCB design
Hardware product development cycle
Requirements analysis
Architecture definition
Schematic capture
PCB layout
Signal integrity analysis
Verification
Manufacturing processes
FPGA design
32Gbps differential pair design
Power design
Thermal design
DDR4
PCIe Gen4
MIPI
Gigabit Ethernet
USB-C
HDMI
SerDes
JESD204B
Cadence CIS/Orcad/Cadence Allegro
LTSpice simulation
Optical test sets
Signal analyzers
GHz+ oscilloscopes
Eye diagram analysis
Phase noise analysis
Signal quality analysis
VNA usage
Signal generator usage
Electronic load usage
ESD considerations
EMI considerations
RF design considerations
Verilog
RTL
HLS
AI in engineering toolkit

Location

Fully remote

Work Type

Remote
Full-time

Experience Level

Minimum 5 years of direct electronics design experience
Mentorship capabilities

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent.

Benefits

Medical plan
Dental plan
Vision plan
Matching 401(k) contributions
Annual profit-sharing bonus
Supplementary benefits

About the Company

Fidus is a global high-tech design firm headquartered in Ottawa, with additional design centres in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Jose.
We specialize in leading-edge electronic product development, with hardware, embedded software, FPGA/ASIC, and signal integrity teams working together to design and deliver next-generation products for clients in emerging technology markets.
Since 2001, Fidus has completed over 4,000 projects for more than 400 customers across industries including Telecom/Datacom, Aerospace & Defence, Consumer, Semiconductors, Industrial/Automotive Controls, and Medical.
As a Premier Adaptive Computing Partner for AMD North America, we combine deep technical expertise with industry-leading tools to solve complex design challenges.
Fidus designs high-speed, high-complexity electronic systems using emerging technologies, often well before they reach the broader market.
Our teams work across FPGA/DSP, hardware, embedded software, verification, SI/PI, PCB layout, and mechanical/thermal design to deliver real products for our customers.
Our work spans space and satellite systems, next-generation communications and networking, high-performance compute and storage platforms, advanced video and imaging, and industrial, medical, and automotive systems.
We are not tied to a single product or industry—our work follows the technology, not just one roadmap.
At Fidus, collaboration is at the core of how we work. We value openness, trust, and shared ownership, and we create an environment where people are encouraged to contribute ideas, learn from one another, and have a meaningful impact through the work they do.

Equal Opportunity

Fidus has a commitment to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process.
Automated tools (including AI) support our initial screening of applicants against our job posting to identify candidates whose qualifications, experience, and skills align most closely with the position requirements.
All further candidate assessments and final selection are conducted by our human recruitment team.
AI does not make any final hiring decisions.
We welcome and encourage diverse candidates to apply.
Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Fidus is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.