About the opportunity:

We are looking for an FPGA Developer to join our engineering team tasked with the design and commercialization of Christie’s next generation of video processing hardware. Your desire to get involved and innovate solutions to unique challenges are essential attributes of the role. You will be able to see the immediate impact of your efforts in the technology we produce which captivates audiences at cinemas, theme parks and sports arenas across the globe.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate requirements and develop FPGA architecture
• Draft specifications for FPGA IP blocks
• Perform detailed digital logic design and implementation of complex, high-resolution and high-performance video processing circuits in the latest FPGA technologies
• Verify HDL designs in simulation and on hardware platforms
• Work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of embedded software and hardware developers
• Participate in design reviews to ensure robust operation between software applications and video processing components
• Participate in planning, scheduling and design resource estimation for project scoping exercises

Location: Hybrid position based in Kitchener, ON

The experience and skills we value:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer or electrical engineering, or equivalent field of study
• 5+ years of professional FPGA or ASIC development experience
• Demonstrated ability to develop detailed FPGA architectures
• Strong understanding of an FPGA or ASIC design flow, including RTL design with SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL, simulation, logic synthesis and timing closure
• Experience with Xilinx or Intel FPGA devices and development tools
• Knowledge and experience with video systems and specification standards such as HDMI, DisplayPort and SDI, video processing algorithms, high-speed memory interfaces and communication protocols using multi-gigabit SERDES
• Strong debug and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What will put you ahead:

• Familiarity with PCB design, layout, and debug
• Experience with FPGA based SoC or soft microprocessor cores
• Coding experience with C++ and other scripting languages such as Perl, Python or Tcl
• Knowledge of Ethernet networking concepts
• Understanding of High-Level Synthesis design flows