SerDes Architect

Job Description

Description

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Job Description

The SerDes Architecture and Modeling Group has responsibilities in generating robust SerDes architecture and algorithms, creating silicon and system level specifications, developing and verifying SerDes design models, developing IBIS-AMI models for system level simulations and for customers, evaluating system performance margin trade-offs, analyzing system SI and PI, and bringing up and characterizing silicon.

We’re looking for a system architect to join a fast paced transceiver design team. Our team stays ahead of the technology curve to deliver world-class programmable transceiver solutions for multiple FPGA platforms, supporting over 20 protocols with thousands of customer applications. The successful candidate will be analytical, thorough, self-driven, and have an excellent track record in the following areas:

• Signal processing, data coding, and FEC algorithms
• SerDes architecture development including equalizers and time recovery for NRZ and PAM4 systems
• Behavioral modeling of different blocks in transceivers
• Familiarity with optical link analysis and evaluation is a plus
• Presenting design trade-off analyses and implementation recommendations with custom circuit designers

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Job Qualifications

· Signal modulation, coding, and FEC knowledge and experience

· Architecture experience with transceiver equalizers (TX FIR, RX analog FFE, CTLE, and DFE) – DSP (FFE and DFE) experience is preferred

· Architecture experience with transceiver timing recovery, such as high speed PLLs, CDRs, etc.

· ADC based SerDes architecture experience is a plus

· Experience with using and developing transceiver modeling, analysis, and characterization tools – IBIS-AMI model development experience is a plus and familiarity with Simulink/Matlab and C/C++ programming

· Experience with lab equipment for high-speed digital systems

· Good understanding of high speed signal integrity issues

· Excellent technical communication skills (presentations and documentation) and a team player