Lead Engineer, CPLD/ FPGA

Summary

Systems & Applications Design is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that works with cross functional teams of other engineers, customers, supply chain and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. The CPLD/FPGA Engineer is responsible for leading and managing the employees who design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles. They are engineering leads engaged in issues such as requirements engineering, reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams, testing and evaluation, maintainability and many other disciplines necessary for successful system design, development, implementation, and ultimate decommission.  Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions in multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Review, interpret and may negotiate customer requirements/specifications and provide customer feedback
• Lead the deployment of strategic programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.
• Proactively promote industry best practices
• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
• Research systems ideas and draw up plans for these systems
• Design, modify and implement systems that meet customer and Celestica needs. E.g. Architecture of solution: Divide up tasks for various engineering teams to execute taking into consideration requirements engineering, reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams, testing and evaluation, maintainability and many other disciplines necessary for successful system design and field support.
• Test, simulate and measure (including troubleshooting) the performance of systems
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
• Solve complex problems
• Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams.
• Analyze and interpret data and information
• Recommend system modifications
• Create reports and documentation
• Set yearly plans and goals for the department, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback. Accountable for all department objectives and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators.
• Ability to read/understand schematics, have a basic understanding of HW architecture and concepts such as Clock, Interrupts, DC/DC, Ripple, Buses such as SATA/SAS/PCIe/I2C/SPI etc.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• FPGA design processes including programming, constraints edit, functional verification, logic synthesis, floorplan and route, timing verification

• Hardware description language VHDL, Verilog HDL, System Verilog

• Ability to use a schematic capture tool

• Development tools including Xilinx ISE, Altera Quartus etc.

• Simulation tools of ModelSim SE

• Synthesis tools of Synplicity Synplify

• BS/EE with 5+ years of FPGA/CPLD development experience.

• Solid Verilog RTL and test bench coding skills, good coding style.

• Familiar with at least one mainstream FPGA and development platform, Xilinx/Altera/Lattice.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.