Semiconductor jobs for chip design, verification and FPGA engineers in Canada

116 open roles for chip design, verification and FPGA engineers at 38 companies in Canada. 107 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check.

Rebuilt 23 Oct 2026
open roles
116
companies
38
open to any nationality
92%
median stated pay
$93k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
AMD30100%
Qualcomm19100%
Ciena Corporation6100%
Synopsys6100%
Lumentum3100%
NVIDIA3100%
Altera3100%
Arm Holdings3100%
Microchip Technology3100%
L3Harris Technologies367%
Ethernovia2100%
Telesat250%
Eliyan2100%
Cadence Design Systems2100%
NXP Semiconductors2100%

Newest roles

Celero Communications

celerocommunications.com
celerocommunications.com • HQ: Laguna Beach, United States • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • Telecom Infrastructure • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 25, 4 new
HQ: Laguna Beach, United States • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • Telecom Infrastructure • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 25, 4 new
Celero Communications is a semiconductor start-up building technology for next-generation high-speed communication and connectivity. Its open roles include principal physical design engineers and high-speed analog layout design engineers, with engineering teams in Irvine, San Jose and Ottawa. The company is headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, United States.
Nariman Yousefi · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Oscar Agazzi · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Gavin Baker · Director
James Luo · Director
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 90%

Senior ASIC Design Engineer - DSP/Analog/SerDes

≈ $86k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 10+ years exp • In office (Ottawa, Canada) • Master's Degree • Senior
Verilog
SystemVerilog
Python
MATLAB
Chips/EDA
UVM
Formal Verification
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago Likely open · 61%

Principal High-Speed Analog Layout Design Engineer

≈ $99k – $181k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 10+ years exp • In office (Ottawa, Canada) • Principal
Python
Chips/EDA
Cadence Pegasus
Cadence Virtuoso
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AMD

amd.com
amd.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1969 • Trust B • Hiring 1061, 94 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1969 • Trust B • Hiring 1061, 94 new
AMD is an American semiconductor company founded in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, that designs processors, graphics chips and adaptive computing hardware without owning fabrication plants. Its Ryzen and Threadripper processors and Radeon graphics serve consumers and creators, EPYC server chips have taken a large share of the data centre market from Intel, and the Instinct accelerators compete for AI training and inference workloads. The 2022 acquisition of Xilinx added field-programmable gate arrays and adaptive systems on chip, and the company also supplies the custom silicon inside the PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
Jean Hu · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Lisa Su · Chair & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jerry Sanders · Co-Founder & former Chief Executive Officer · founder
Victor Peng · former President of Adaptive and Embedded Computing
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 days ago Likely open · 63%

ASIC Design Engineer, PCIe IP Enablement

≈ $65k – $130k per year (Estimated) • In office (Markham, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree
Verilog
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 4 days ago Likely open · 62%

Silicon Design Engineer (1 year contract)

≈ $67k – $132k per year (Estimated) • In office (Markham, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor
Perl
Python
C++
SQL
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Selinc

selinc.com
selinc.com • Washington • Pullman • Mexico City • Melbourne • San Luis Potosí • Energy Management • Electrical Equipment & Cables • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 301, 58 new
Washington • Pullman • Mexico City • Melbourne • San Luis Potosí • Energy Management • Electrical Equipment & Cables • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 301, 58 new
SEL provides complete power system protection, control, monitoring, automation, and integration for utilities and industries worldwide. SEL products, systems, services, and training make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 5 days ago Hiring now · 89%

RTL Engineer

≈ $61k – $121k per year (Estimated) • In office (Burnaby, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
Verilog
VHDL
C++
DevOps
MPLS
GitHub
Management
Confluence
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Kepler

kepler.space
kepler.space • HQ: Toronto, Canada • Satellite Communications • Est. 2016 • Trust A • Hiring 20, 2 new
HQ: Toronto, Canada • Satellite Communications • Est. 2016 • Trust A • Hiring 20, 2 new
Press/News Read more Kepler keeps missions connected through a resilient optical infrastructure, providing the foundation for real-time data delivery…
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 7 days ago Hiring now · 86%

FPGA Digital Design Engineer

≈ $69k – $122k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Toronto • Remote (United States, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
Python
Chips/EDA
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Riviera-PRO
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Synopsys

synopsys.com
synopsys.com • HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Simulation & Digital Twin Software • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • EDA Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1986 • NASDAQ: SNPS • Trust A • Hiring 468, 58 new
HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Simulation & Digital Twin Software • Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services • EDA Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1986 • NASDAQ: SNPS • Trust A • Hiring 468, 58 new
Synopsys is an American software company founded in 1986 that supplies electronic design automation tools used to design and verify integrated circuits, together with a large portfolio of licensable semiconductor IP such as interface, memory and processor blocks. Its 2025 acquisition of Ansys added engineering simulation software for structures, fluids and electromagnetics, while it sold its application security business, now Black Duck, in 2024. Listed on Nasdaq, it hires applications engineers, SoC solutions engineers and R&D staff in the United States, India and Vietnam. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.
Mike Ellow · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Janet Lee · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Aart de Geus · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Shelagh Glaser · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 7 days ago Hiring now · 77%

Validation / Verification Eng, Staff Engineer - 19022

≈ $86k – $148k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 6+ years exp • In office (Nepean, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Cadence Allegro
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 8 days ago Hiring now · 75%

ASIC Digital Design, Principal Engineer - 18730

≈ $78k – $141k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 10+ years exp • Markham • Remote (Canada) • Master's Degree • Principal
Verilog
VHDL
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Ciena Corporation

ciena.com
ciena.com • HQ: Hanover, United States • Telecom Infrastructure • Optical Communications • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1992 • NYSE: CIEN • Trust B • Hiring 145, 8 new
HQ: Hanover, United States • Telecom Infrastructure • Optical Communications • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1992 • NYSE: CIEN • Trust B • Hiring 145, 8 new
Ciena Corporation is an American networking systems company that makes optical transport platforms, coherent optical modules, routing and switching equipment and network automation software. Its customers include telecom operators, cloud and data center providers, governments and large enterprises, and it runs a major research and development centre in Ottawa, Canada. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the company is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland, United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 days ago Visa sponsor 7 days ago Likely open · 53%

Senior Analog Layout Engineer

≈ $68k – $123k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • In office (Ottawa, Canada, Braunschweig, Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English: B2
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Senior ASIC Verification Engineer, onsite Kanata

≈ $73k – $132k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • In office (Ottawa, Canada) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
SystemVerilog
C++
Python
Chips/EDA
UVM
Formal Verification
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Skills these roles ask for

SystemVerilog 55Python 47UVM 40Verilog 38C++ 23VHDL 22Perl 18Formal Verification 17Linux 13Xilinx Vivado 8Git 6Machine Learning 6Windows 6Rest-Assured 5Verification & Validation 4MATLAB 4

Where the roles are

Markham 34Toronto 24Ottawa 23Vancouver 12Montreal 7Nepean 4Burnaby 4Waterdown 3Kanata 2Burlington 2

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

107 of the 116 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most chip and hardware engineers?

AMD (30), Qualcomm (19), Ciena Corporation (6), Synopsys (6), Lumentum (3).

Which roles count here?

Every hardware, chip design, embedded, electrical and semiconductor process role at any employer, and the engineering, science, technician and IT roles of the semiconductor companies - chip designers, fabs and foundries, equipment makers, photonics. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 116 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 23 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0