SPE Applications/Validation Engineering

Responsibilities

• Analyze and debug complex technical issues involving server memory and manage customer issues to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Support technical qualification of new chip designs to secure customer design wins.
• Affiliate with validation and debug of new memory interface chips for DDR5 servers.
• Collect and analyze signal integrity data at the system level.
• Conduct failure analysis and prepare failure analysis and 8D reports.
• Gather customer technical feedback and communicate to Marketing and Engineering teams.
• Present technical updates to customers and company management in writing and verbally via quality presentations.
• Prepare technical documentation such as datasheets, user guides and application notes.

Qualifications

• Familiar with DDR4/DDR5 DIMM memory operation in Intel, AMD, and/or OEM servers.
• Good understanding of signal integrity issues at clock rates of 3 GHz and above.
• Experience with power management and I2C/I3C serial interfaces.
• Extensive experience with probing, using high speed oscilloscopes and other lab equipment.
• History of using fundamental root cause techniques (fishbone, design of experiments, etc.) to solve complex problems.
• Good understanding of ATE tester operation is a strong plus.
• Past experience reading and modifying MRC BIOS code and utilizing server platform debug tools (either Intel or AMD) is strongly desired.
• Ability to use scripting languages such as Perl, Tcl or Python to analyze data log text files and automate system and bench testing.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed, including international travel.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English and Korean.
• BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in hardware design, validation, and/or applications engineering.

About Rambus

Rambus is a global company that makes industry-leading memory interface chips and Silicon IP to advance data center connectivity and solve the bottleneck between memory and processing. With over 30 years of semiconductor experience, we are a leading provider of high-performance products and innovations that maximize the bandwidth, capacity and security for AI and other data-intensive workloads. Our world-class team is the foundation of our company, and our innovative spirit drives us to develop the cutting-edge products and technologies essential for tomorrow’s systems.