FPGA Verification Engineer

About Us:

Headquartered in Ottawa, BTA Design serves the electronic design community in Canada and beyond, 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 an FPGA Verification Engineer.

About the Position:

In this role you will use SystemVerilog and UVM methodologies, working from specifications to deliver coverage-closed, verified, and debugged FPGA designs. You will be responsible for developing verification environments and leveraging 3rd party VIP as appropriate. You will verify FPGA-based designs, blocks, and sub-systems within complex systems, working closely with design teams. You will be part of a strong and experienced engineering team, contributing to high-performance FPGA development projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform design verification of FPGA-based systems integrating custom logic and 3rd-party IP blocks.
• Develop and maintain verification environments using SystemVerilog and UVM methodologies.
• Create and execute test plans, testbenches, and test cases.
• Debug simulation issues and identify root causes.
• Collaborate with design engineers to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Perform code and functional coverage analysis and drive closure.
• Support hardware bring-up and validation activities when required.

Key Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in FPGA or ASIC verification.
• Strong knowledge of Verilog / SystemVerilog and hardware design/verification concepts.
• Hands-on experience with UVM / OVM methodologies.
• Experience with simulation tools (e.g., Questa, VCS, Xcelium).
• Familiarity with constrained random verification, assertions, and functional coverage.
• Understanding of FPGA architectures and toolchains (e.g., Xilinx, Intel/Altera).
• Experience with standard bus protocols such as AXI, APB, or similar.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and protocols (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, JESD) is considered an asset.
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, or similar) is an asset.
• Team player – excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Compensation:

$120,000 to $170,000 plus company bonus and benefits plan.

Salary is heavily dependent on individual experience and capability.

This is a new position. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Artificial Intelligence tools are not used in the evaluation and selection of candidates.

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.