SerDes Characterization Engineer, Platforms

Role Overview

In this collaborative environment, you will play a crucial role in triaging measurement anomalies, maintaining laboratory test setups, and presenting structured measurement results to the broader engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Execute electrical characterization and validation test plans for high-speed SerDes interfaces in the laboratory.
• Operate lab test benches consisting of high bandwidth oscilloscopes, BERTs, temperature chambers, logic analyzers, and precision power supplies.
• Run automated test frameworks to perform extensive parametric sweeps across voltage, temperature, and process corners (PVT).
• Triage measurement failures and anomalies, perform basic root cause analysis, and assist executive engineers with in-depth debugging.
• Maintain laboratory test setups, calibrate test equipment, verify RF cable/fixture integrity, and track hardware assets. Summarize, document, and present structured measurement results and trend charts to the broader engineering team.

Requirements & Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in a hardware laboratory environment working with test instrumentation (oscilloscopes, bit error rate tests (BERTs), or power supplies).
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python) for test automation or data processing.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Experience with automated test execution and lab instrument communication protocols (SCPI, GPIB, Ethernet/USB).
• Familiarity with SerDes concepts (modulation scheme, eye diagrams, jitter, BER) and basic signal integrity fundamentals.
• Excellent collaborative mindset and willingness to learn advanced characterization methodologies.
• Strong laboratory discipline with meticulous attention to detail in measurement accuracy and test documentation.

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