Connectivity Systems Engineer, Staff - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
$110,500 - $160,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 June 2026 by the employer — open 75 days.
About the role
This role involves researching, designing, developing, simulating, and validating system-level solutions for connectivity. You will work on electrical and optical links with speeds beyond 100 Gbps/lane, including designs in advanced CMOS technology nodes.
What you'll do
- Use, enhance, and develop simulation platforms for architectural exploration.
- Derive specifications for components, circuits, and signal processing features.
- Provide input to senior leadership, product marketing, and engineering teams on performance and required features.
- Engage with the engineering team to prototype ideas.
- Prepare and present analysis to internal teams, partners, customers, and standards bodies.
What you'll need
- Master's or PhD degree with 5 years' relevant experience.
- Strong mathematical understanding and experience with analytical and numerical modeling of system-level electrical and optical communication systems and components at 100 Gbps.
- Experience interpreting and incorporating measurements of electronic interconnects, amplifiers, and components such as S parameters, jitter, and SNDR into system-level models.
- Programming experience in Matlab and/or Python, including using AI automation.
Skills: 100 Gbps/lane, electrical and optical links, system-level simulations, components, interconnects
This role has been open 74 days — well below the 91-day median for High-Speed IO/SerDes Design roles.
High-Speed IO/SerDes Design · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
217
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Median days open
91 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (217 roles · 44 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 17 | 217 |
| Median days open | 74 d | 91 d (−17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: 100 Gbps/lane, electrical and optical links, system-level simulations, components, interconnects
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 24 open roles · median 61 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 19 open roles · median 153 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 74 d
- Synopsys · 16 open roles · median 53 d
- Broadcom · 11 open roles · median 142 d
- NVIDIA · 10 open roles · median 95 d
How we counted: 217 open High-Speed IO/SerDes Design (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 44 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Sept 2026. Figures refresh nightly.