SerDes System Validation Engineer

Job Description

Ownership of SerDes system bring-up, validation and debug in a highly visible role working within Apple's Analog-Mixed/Signal design team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical area plus 7 years of experience
• Experience in high-speed serial links with expertise in common high-speed SerDes protocols
• Deep knowledge in system bring-up of high-speed serial links, lab testing, and defining equipment needs
• Strong knowledge in scripting (e.g. python, C, Matlab) for automation of validation efforts
• Experience with system level S/W setup
• Knowledge of SerDes design and architecture including CDR and equalization
• Ability to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions for system validation

Responsibilities

• Ownership of SerDes system bring-up, validation and debug
• SerDes bring up in system environment, verifying basic operations, analyzing robustness and margins in system
• Work with design teams to understand the architecture and define DFT needs
• Be involved in mixed-signal verification tasks to better understand the SerDes operation and interaction with higher level control logic