What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Engineer position at Parade Technologies, Inc.?
Overview
Parade Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company building ASICs for USB3.2, USB4, and PCIe. Our Oregon R&D team builds solutions for next-generation consumer electronics, personal computing, storage, and mobile devices. We’re seeking an experienced and self-motivated Application/Hardware Engineer to lead hardware bring-up, ASIC prototyping, IC validation, and customer technical support. This role will also certify new products and represent Parade at USB, PCIe, and VESA workshops.
Qualifications
- Must have a Bachelor’s degree and more than 3 years of relevant experience.
- Have experience debugging hardware and software in a lab environment and understand the ASIC design cycle from specification to working silicon.
Required Expertise and Work Experience
- Design and/or review engineering and customer board schematics.
- Working knowledge of Orcad and Allegro development tools.
- Ability to use Xilinx FPGA tools for implementing an ASIC design for at-speed prototyping. Must be familiar with Chipscope to help in the ASIC prototype debugging cycle.
- Ability to do board bring-up and debug.
- Write technical documents such as application notes and user guides.
- Characterize and test new ICs.
- Knowledge of high and low speed serial protocols (USB3/2, PCIe, SPI, I2C, etc.).
- Experience with USB and PCIe protocol analyzers is a plus.
- Ability to read specifications and implement test procedures.
- Work with customers and partners to design in our chips and solve technical issues.
- Familiarity with the USB, PCIe, and/or Display Port certification process is a plus.
Interpersonal Skills
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and flexible with strong interpersonal skills.
- Enjoy a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Ability to work on very challenging tasks and meet customer's deadlines.
- Good communication skills, oral and written.
Compensation & Benefits
The annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $180,000. Our compensation package also includes annual profit sharing and stock awards programs. In addition, some of our benefits include:
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance (90% Employer Paid for employees, 80% for dependents)
- Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance (100% Employer Paid)
- 15 days of paid time off and 10 paid holidays
- Up to 3% 401(k) company match and up to $4,300 HSA annual contributions
Salary : $100,000 - $180,000