Hardware Applications Principal Engineer

Responsibilities

• Resolve customer issues on their HW/platform
• Customer design enablement
• Bring-up and manufacture production
• Debug L1 ethernet issues related to Serdes and MAC/PHY
• Analyze Signal Strength, Serdes Eye, Review & Tune SI parameters
• Debug other interfaces on board such as PCIE, i2C, MDIO
• Perform Schematics and Layout reviews of the customer design/platform
• Provide feedback to HW designers (board and ASIC)
• Write Hardware Design guidelines, Application Notes and publish Technical Bulletins
• Interface with board designers, ASIC /Serdes controller designers, program management, board vendors and component vendors
• Communicate effectively with customers
• Work with internal cross-functional teams to deliver optimal solutions

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 10-15 years of related professional experience
• Or Master's degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5-10 years of experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to present and clearly articulate solutions to customers
• Previous experience of working as an Application Engineer or any equivalent customer interacting role (i.e. ability to handle customers) is a must
• Expertise in High Speed Ethernet Serdes interfaces : NRZ, PAM-4 100G
• Expertise in Ethernet Physical layer (Layer 1) - Serdes, MAC, PCS including debugging L1 issues for Interop
• Strong background in Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, Electromagnetics, Thermal, Multi-lane cross talk analysis and RF applications related to IC Package and PCB Design are required
• Experience in using tools: HyperLynx, Ansoft SIWave and HFSS, ADS, Sigrity, PowerSI and PowerDC, Cadence Allegro, and Polar stack up
• Able to perform Schematics & Layout reviews effectively
• At least one scripting language : Python / Perl / Unix shell

Nice to Have Skills

• Expertise in MATLAB and Python
• Ability to handle Equipment: Servers (Windows / Linux), Scopes, Traffic generators (Ixia/Spirent/Xena), environmental chambers, Thermal Heads, Keysight VNA/TDR
• Ability to program High speed / optics modules and link up with various modules: LR, SR, ZR, ZR4, AECs etc.