Hardware Validation Senior Engineering Manager
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Embedded Systems · Software Engineering
In short
Synopsys is seeking a Hardware Validation Senior Engineering Manager in Mississauga, Ontario to lead a team responsible for designing and delivering PCBs and custom test equipment for silicon validation. The role requires extensive hands-on PCB design experience, simulation proficiency (HFSS, ADS), and strong leadership skills to guide engineers through the full design cycle and drive process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Lead a hardware engineering team that designs and delivers PCBs, custom test equipment, and thermal solutions for silicon validation programs
- Design and optimize high-speed, high-power PCBs that support SERDES validation, ensuring transmission line performance meets test requirements
- Work directly with board layouts and schematics to place test points, route signal paths, and enable validation engineers to characterize silicon performance
- Run PI and SI simulations using HFSS to extract models, predict board performance, and catch issues before fabrication
- Debug hardware in the lab using oscilloscopes, power meters, thermal cameras, and other test equipment to diagnose and resolve signal integrity and power delivery issues
- Document board bring-up procedures, test protocols, and screening steps so lab technicians can commission and validate test hardware consistently
- Drive continuous improvement in hardware design processes, test coverage, and lab infrastructure across validation programs
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 8+ years of experience
- 3+ years leading and managing engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
- Deep hands-on experience with the full PCB design cycle from requirements and schematic capture through layout, fabrication, assembly, and bring-up
- Direct experience interfacing with PCB fabrication houses to specify stackups, manage design-for-manufacturing constraints, and drive boards to production
- Proficiency with PI and SI simulation tools such as HFSS, ADS, or equivalent for modeling and optimizing high-speed board designs
- Strong troubleshooting skills using lab equipment including high-speed oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, power meters, and thermal imaging tools
- Experience managing project timelines, coordinating cross-functional work, and delivering hardware on schedule in a product development environment
Desired Qualifications
- You lead by example and know how to motivate engineers through complex design challenges without micromanaging their work
- You communicate technical decisions clearly, whether you are writing a design rationale document or explaining a layout tradeoff to a cross-functional stakeholder
- You approach design work with rigor and attention to detail, catching issues that others might overlook in schematics, layouts, or simulation results
- You are comfortable making decisions with incomplete information, asking the right questions to fill gaps, and moving forward without waiting for perfect clarity
- You take ownership of your team's deliverables and follow through on commitments, ensuring hardware shows up on time and works as intended
- You value documentation and process not as overhead, but as the foundation that lets your team scale and onboard new engineers effectively
- You stay current with board design techniques, fabrication technologies, and test methodologies, and you bring that knowledge back to your team
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans
- ETO and FTO Programs
- Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance
- Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24 month look-back (ESPP)
- Retirement Plans
- Competitive salaries
Skills
PCB designSignal integrityPower deliveryThermal managementSchematic captureLayoutFabricationBring-upHFSSPI simulationSI simulationOscilloscopesPower metersThermal camerasADS
#Hardware Engineering#PCB Design#Silicon Validation#Management
About Synopsys Inc
Smart, Secure Everything—From Silicon to Software Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way we live and work. The Internet of Things. Autonomous cars. Wearables. Smart medical devices. Secure financial services. Machine learning and computer vision. These breakthroughs are ushering in the era of Smart, Secure Everything―where devices are getting smarter, everything’s connected, and everything must be secure. Powering this new era of technology are advanced silicon chips, which are made even smarter by the remarkable software that drives them. Synopsys is at…
Company
Synopsys IncJob Posted
1 day ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Salary
CA$154,000–230,000 / year
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Mississauga, Canada
Qualification
Bachelor
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