Semiconductor jobs for hardware engineers and architects in Canada

194 open roles for hardware engineers and architects at 70 companies in Canada. 185 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 3 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 24 Oct 2026
open roles
194
companies
70
open to any nationality
95%
median stated pay
$79k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
AMD21100%
Qualcomm16100%
Microchip Technology15100%
Ciena Corporation14100%
Synopsys12100%
Semtech9100%
Kepler8100%
Syntronic450%
Arm Holdings4100%
Tenstorrent3100%
Teledyne FLIR3100%
Broadcom3100%
Astera Labs3100%
onsemi3100%
Telesat3100%

Newest roles

NVIDIA

nvidia.com
nvidia.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • Servers & Data Center Hardware • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust B • Hiring 2399, 148 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • Servers & Data Center Hardware • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust B • Hiring 2399, 148 new
NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.
Jensen Huang · Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jay Puri · Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations · decision-maker
Colette Kress · Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Curtis Priem · Co-Founder & former Chief Technical Officer · founder
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Verified live · 12 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Senior Verification Engineer – High Speed Coherent Interconnect Hub

≈ $98k – $177k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • In office (Toronto, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
SystemVerilog
Perl
Python
Chips/EDA
UVM
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Verified live · 12 hours ago 6 days ago Likely open · 63%

ASIC Verification Intern - Summer 2027

$42k – $76k per year • Intern • In office (Toronto, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Intern
Verilog
SystemVerilog
Perl
C++
Python
DevOps
HPC
Linux
Chips/EDA
UVM
Formal Verification
+1
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se.com • HQ: Rueil-Malmaison, France • Electrical Equipment & Cables • Industrial Automation • Energy Management • 5000+ employees • Est. 1836 • Trust B • Hiring 2198, 251 new
HQ: Rueil-Malmaison, France • Electrical Equipment & Cables • Industrial Automation • Energy Management • 5000+ employees • Est. 1836 • Trust B • Hiring 2198, 251 new
Headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy management and industrial automation. The company offers an extensive portfolio of connected hardware, software, and services designed to optimize efficiency across homes, buildings, data centers, and industrial infrastructure. Through digital transformation and smart grid technologies, the organization helps businesses and consumers achieve sustainable, reliable, and energy-efficient operations worldwide.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Senior Embedded Software Developer

≈ $71k – $128k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Victoria, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
RTOS
TCP/IP
Git
Management
Scrum
Agile
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago Long shot · 11%

Senior Electronics Hardware Designer

$82k – $116k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Richmond, Canada) • Master's Degree • Senior
MATLAB
MATLAB
Simulink
SpaceTech
FMEA
Energy
IEEE 1547
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Kepler Communications

kepler.space
kepler.space • HQ: Toronto, Canada • Space & Aerospace • Satellite Communications • Est. 2015 • Trust A • Hiring 24, 5 new
HQ: Toronto, Canada • Space & Aerospace • Satellite Communications • Est. 2015 • Trust A • Hiring 24, 5 new
Kepler Communications is a satellite telecommunications and space infrastructure company dedicated to building the "Internet for space". Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company designs, manufactures, and operates an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation equipped with optical inter-satellite links (OISLs). Founded in 2015, Kepler operates as a vertically integrated provider of real-time optical data relay and on-orbit compute capabilities, enabling commercial, government, and scientific satellite operators to transmit high-volume data continuously and securely without waiting for direct ground-station passes.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior Embedded Software Designer (6+ month Contract)

≈ $66k – $118k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Canada • United States • Remote (United States, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Senior
C++
Verilog
VHDL
DevOps
RTOS
Git
Linux
IoT
FreeRTOS
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior Flight Software Designer (6+ month Contract)

≈ $67k – $120k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • Canada • United States • Remote (United States, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Senior
C++
C
Python
C
ZeroMQ
DevOps
Linux
Kubernetes
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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 1052, 97 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1969 • Trust B • Hiring 1052, 97 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 · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

ASIC Verification Engineer, AI Networking IP

≈ $75k – $148k per year (Estimated) • In office (Ottawa, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree
SystemVerilog
Perl
C++
Python
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Claude Code
AI Agents
Chips/EDA
UVM
Formal Verification
+1
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 70%

RTL Design Engineer

≈ $65k – $130k per year (Estimated) • In office (Markham, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree
Verilog
Ruby
SystemVerilog
Perl
Python
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SKF

skf.com
skf.com • HQ: Gothenburg, Sweden • 5000+ employees • Est. 1907 • Hiring 102, 15 new
HQ: Gothenburg, Sweden • 5000+ employees • Est. 1907 • Hiring 102, 15 new
SKF is a Swedish manufacturer of bearings, seals, lubrication systems, condition monitoring and related services, headquartered in Gothenburg, where it was founded in 1907. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, it supplies automotive, industrial and marine customers worldwide with roughly 40,000 employees, with large operations in India, Germany, the United States, Brazil, the Netherlands and China, including SKF Marine in Hamburg. It hires manufacturing, product and process engineers, shift engineers, industrial mechanics, territory and inside sales managers, EHS managers, controllers, warehouse associates and apprenticeship leaders.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Quality Electrical Engineer

$59k – $66k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • Calgary • Remote (Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
FMEA
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GDKN

gdkn.com
gdkn.com • Freeport • Bhopal • Parksville • Torrance • Syracuse • Recruiting & Staffing • Human Resources • Professional Services • 11-50 employees • Hiring 9, 6 new
Freeport • Bhopal • Parksville • Torrance • Syracuse • Recruiting & Staffing • Human Resources • Professional Services • 11-50 employees • Hiring 9, 6 new
The GDKN is one of the leading Staffing Service Providers in USA. We provide best in industry staffing services when you are in need of temporary staff or permanent staff.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Lead Electrical Engineer

≈ $79k – $143k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 5+ years exp • In office (Mississauga, Canada) • Contractor • Middle • English
IBM DOORS
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 72Verilog 48C++ 44SystemVerilog 30Linux 28VHDL 25Perl 24MATLAB 19UVM 14Git 14CI/CD 10Cadence Allegro 9Agile 9RTOS 9Simulink 8Machine Learning 6

Where the roles are

Ottawa 43Toronto 39Markham 24Vancouver 15Burnaby 14Montreal 13Mississauga 9Burlington 6Surrey 4Kanata 3

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

185 of the 194 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 (21), Qualcomm (16), Microchip Technology (15), Ciena Corporation (14), Synopsys (12).

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: 194 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 24 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0