Signal & Power Integrity Engineer - SerDes / High Speed Channels

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The Role

As a Signal Integrity Engineer in Networking Technology & Solutions Group (NTSG), you will be responsible for ensuring that AMD’s next-generation products deliver industry-leading reliability, performance, and efficiency. This role involves analyzing, modeling and validating the complex interconnects of high-speed Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) channel.

The Person

In this role, you will closely collaborate with Silicon IP team, ASIC packaging team, PCB team, System Architect and external partners/suppliers to meet the most demanding SerDes requirements while ensuring the manufacturability.  

Key Responsbilities

• Model and simulate the end-to-end high-speed channels including transceivers, IC package, PCB and cross-boards connectors/cables
• Utilize industry-standard tools and methodologies to perform a variety of time/frequency domain signal integrity analysis (IBIS-AMI, SPICE, full-wave EM analysis, etc)
• Identify the link quality such as loss, reflection and crosstalk, and resolve the issues
• Conduct channel-simulations to optimize Eye Diagram, Bit Error Rate (BER) and Signal-Noise-Ratio (SNR) for high-speed signaling across complex system.
• Perform Channel Operation Margin (COM) analysis to validate the channel health for IEEE compliance
• Execute Design of Experiments (DOE) sweeping to statistically evaluate the signal integrity qualities across process variations, like silicon corners, trace impedance, routing length, terminations, etc.
• Interpret the simulation results to provide the design guidelines on board materials, stack-up, transmission line routings, component placement and layout optimization
• Review digital circuit (especially high speed) schematics to maintain signal integrity
• Review PCB layout and board material/stack-up, identify the potential signal integrity and power integrity issues, and propose the solutions
• Support lab validation and debugging to correlate with the simulation data
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product development while keeping projects on schedule and within scope.
• Stay at the forefront of signal integrity innovations and high-speed design technologies, ensuring that AMD continues to lead the industry
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in high-speed signal integrity engineering
• Strong expertise in high-speed architecture, interconnects and PCB/package design
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, etc.)
• Proficiency in SI simulation tools (Keysight ADS, Cadence Sigrity, Ansys HFSS)
• Familiarity with MATLAB or Python for data analysis and automation
• Hands-on experience with lab testing tools (TDR, VNA, high-speed oscilloscopes)
• Excellent problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills
  
  
  

Academic Credentials

• Master or PhD’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
  
  
  

LOCATION:

Santa Clara, CA

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