Signal Integrity Engineer

Job Family Definition:

Designs, analyzes, develops, modifies and evaluates electrical/electronic parts, components, sub-systems, algorithms, or integrated circuitry for electrical/electronic equipment and other hardware systems. Conducts feasibility studies, design margin and validation analyses and empirical testing on new and modified designs. Assists in architecture development and assessment. Evaluates reliability of materials, properties, designs, and techniques used in production. May direct support personnel in the preparation of detailed design, design testing and prototype fabrication.

Management Level Definition:

Contributions include applying developed subject matter expertise to solve common and sometimes complex technical problems and recommending alternatives where necessary. Might act as project lead and provide assistance to lower level professionals. Exercises independent judgment and consults with others to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives.

What You Need To Bring:

• Contribute in a centralized SI team that supports next generation cutting edge technologies.

• Responsible for delivering system level signal integrity solutions for large complex high speed systems, boards & packages

• Take ownership on all aspects of signal integrity design, ranging from design feasibility to product validation

• Develop SI rules, build on design guides & checklists, review design implementation, create test plans, document characterization & measurement reports

• Improve & optimize design margins through interconnect, timing & xtalk analysis, 3D EM & channel simulations for high speed designs

• Understand SI trade offs,  impact of various aspects of system design, provide timely technical assessments & progress updates to SI mgmt

• Design & characterize test structures & channel models to correlate simulations & measurements for serdes & interconnects

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as HW designers, layout engrs, SW engrs, MFG engrs, ASIc engrs, ODMs & vendors.

• Should be flexible to accommodate changing design requirements, capable to simultaneously work on multiple programs & assignments

• Team player, Technical knowledge sharing & mentoring with in the team, leverage best practices, focus on quality & continuous improvement

What You Need To Bring:

• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Electronics / Electrical engineering or equivalent

• Self-motivated, ability to contribute independently as well as in a team environment that is matrixed and spread across geography.

• Self-learner, Strong problem solving, board & system level lab bringup, debugging & characterization skills

• Excellent oral & written communication skills, capable of presenting concepts, analysis & updates to larger teams and forums

• Knowledge of Electromagnetics & Transmission line concepts, reflection & terminations, timing & jitter, crosstalk & noise, channel modeling & serdes equalizations, PDN & decoupling

• Familiarity with PCB stackup design, best practices, trade-offs in line geometries, pcb materials & surface finishes, vendor capabilities & Mfg process.

• Experience with lab equipments such as high bandwidth real time & sampling Oscilloscopes, phase noise analyzers, TDR, VNA, spectrum analyzers.

• Proficient with simulation and analysis tools like ADS, HFSS, HSPICE, Sisoft QSI, QCD, Cadence Allegro, Sigrity, PowerSI, MATLAB, etc

• Experience with common SI simulation models such as IBIS, IBIS-AMI, S-parameter, COM analysis, etc

• Knowledge of interface standards such as DDR 3/4, PCIe gen 2/3, 10GKR, SATA, XFI, XAUI, CAUI, CDAUI etc

• Experience with 56G PAM4, 25G & 10G NRZ serdes technologies - simulation, bringup, debug, measurements, optimization a plus.