Digital IC Design Engineering Intern

Digital Design Intern

Location: Ottawa, ON.

Semtech's Signal Integrity Products group designs high performance optical networking product platforms that enable hyperscale data center applications, enterprise networking, wireless infrastructure including 5G networks, and passive optical network/Fibre-to-the-X markets.

To put it simply, whenever you use your computer to browse the web or use your smartphone to make a video call, most likely, your data is passing through one of many high-speed mixed-signal chips designed by the IC teams at Semtech. Our experience and expertise ensures we are always pushing the boundaries of networking speed, ensuring the best experience for our end users – you!

Join us, and together we will continue to build a faster, better, and more secure online world for everyone.

Job Summary: As a member of our Digital Design group, you will have exposure to all areas of digital development, including definition, design, verification and implementation. As a member of the project team, you will provide high quality work and be accountable for helping the team meet its project milestones and objectives.

Our approach to internship is to make the successful candidate an integral part of our team. We understand that it is best to learn through direct involvement and we will provide you with tasks that enable you to learn and to be productive at the same time. The more you learn the more complex your tasks will become. The internship program is an important part of our recruiting strategy.

Responsibilities: As our Digital Design Intern, you will be involved with:

• Design, development and verification of digital circuits for use in our data communications products.
• Design, layout, simulation, and verification of the digital blocks using the latest State of the Art CAD tools to implement digital designs (including Synthesis, DFT insertion, and STA/timing closure)
• Semtech's dynamic team environment and senior designers who will provide mentoring and guidance throughout the internship term.

Minimum Qualifications: Good understanding of digital electronic circuit fundamentals as evidenced through strong academic accomplishments in these areas Ability to learn quickly and work independently or in a team environment Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Knowledge and familiarity with SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL would be an asset Exposure to CAD tools used in the digital design flow would be an asset Experience with scripting languages such as Python would be an asset Desired start date May 2026, 12 – 16-month term

Career Growth Philosophy At Semtech, we seek innovation and leadership from each and every member of our team. Our goal is to ensure that our talented professionals are equipped with support, resources, and the opportunity to excel. Our pay-for-performance philosophy provides recognition and prestige coupled with a competitive compensation package.