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Senior Hardware Designer
@ Octasic Inc.
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
Octasic Inc., a Montreal provider of SoC and integrated wireless platforms, is hiring a Senior Hardware Designer to lead telecom and electronic circuit development from architecture through certification. The role involves designing circuits and PCBs, leading bring-up and debugging, and managing product lifecycle. Requires a bachelor's in electrical engineering, 10+ years of experience, and spoken French.
Responsibilities:
- Define architecture and requirements of new products
- Design electronic circuits and schematics
- Oversee PCB design, shielding and heat dissipation
- Lead bring-up and debugging of new products
- Oversee product certification and manage lifecycle
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- At least 10 years of digital and analog circuit development
- Experience designing high-speed circuits
- Spoken French required, good English
- Strong oscilloscope debugging skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-08
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 10+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Laboratory, Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English, French |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Electrical Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Stock or equity, Employee discount, Wellness, Transit support, Free or discounted meals |
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Octasic Inc.
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We solve complex real-world wireless and media processing designs
Full company description
Octasic Inc. is a global provider of media and wireless baseband processing silicon and software solutions for the converged carrier, enterprise and end-point communication equipment markets. The company’s leading quality VoIP, HD video and multi-standard wireless basestation multi-core DSP solutions are based on Opus, a unique asynchronous DSP architecture. Founded in 1998, Octasic is a privately-held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with offices in Cyprus and India.
- LinkedIn followers
- 11,460
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 191
- Reported office locations
- 2901 Rue Rachel E, 30, MONTREAL, Québec H1W 4A4, CA
- 1027 25th Main Road, 1st, Bangalore, Karnataka 560102, IN
- Themis Court, 1 Anastasiou Sioukri, Unit 402, Limassol, Limassol PC. 3105, CY
- Business categories
- Semiconductor
- Telecommunications
- Wireless
- Manufacturing
- Other recorded names
- Octasic
- Specialties
- Telecommunications
- Wireless
- Software
- and hardware
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 16,500,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Octasic Inc. is a global provider of media and wireless baseband processing silicon and software solutions for the converged carrier, enterprise and end-point communication equipment markets. The company’s leading quality VoIP, HD video and multi-standard wireless basestation multi-core DSP solutions are based on Opus, a unique asynchronous DSP architecture. Founded in 1998, Octasic is a privately-held company…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | MONTREAL, Québec |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1998 |
| Specialties | TelecommunicationsWirelessSoftwareand hardware |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 48 |
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Founded in 1998, Octasic is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with Research and Development facilities in Canada and India and a global sales support network. Octasic is a leading provider of SoCs (System on Chip), software and hardware integrated platforms for the global wireless and multimedia gateway markets. Our hardware and software platforms are the foundation for next-generation wireless systems for Defense, Law Enforcement and National Security Agencies.
We choose Octasic for:
- A workplace at the cutting edge of technology to be in contact with wireless technology experts in a growing company;
- Competitive compensation (salaries, benefits, gym membership discount, stock options purchase program, public transit reimbursement, shower on the premises and beverages and snacks free every day);
- Work-life balance;
- Friendly and collaborative work atmosphere and many social activities all year long;
- Working for a company involved in its community;
- Proximity to various public transportation services (Angus Shuttle, 10 min. walk from Prefontaine station).
About the role:
As a Senior Hardware Designer, you will contribute to every stage of the development of telecommunications systems and electronic circuits: architecture, specifications, electrical schematics, bring-up, validation, and certification. You will also support the production, test development, and customer support teams.
What you'll do:
- Participate in defining the architecture and requirements of new products.
- Contribute to the design of new hardware products, from concept through mass production.
- Design electronic circuits and produce the associated electrical schematics.
- Oversee printed circuit board design, taking component placement, shielding, and heat dissipation into account.
- Lead the bring-up and debugging of new products.
- Oversee the certification of new products for safety, electromagnetic compatibility, shock, and vibration.
- Support new product introduction teams in test development and printed circuit board manufacturing.
- Manage the product lifecycle, including obsolescence management and hardware changes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- At least 10 years of professional experience in digital and analog circuit development.
- Experience designing high-speed electronic circuits.
- Good command of both French and English, spoken and written; spoken French is required.
- Strong oscilloscope debugging skills, along with a high degree of autonomy and attention to detail.
Assets:
- Experience with RF signal analyzers and network analyzers.
- Knowledge of cellular technologies (GSM, UMTS, LTE, 5G, etc.).
- Experience in RF design.
- Knowledge of VHDL, Python, and C.
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