Optical SerDes Validation engineer
About The Position
As an Optical & SerDes Validation Engineer in the SerDes Technology team, you will collaborate with various Product Development Groups, Silicon Design, DFT, Packaging, and interface with key technology partners. This individual serves as a critical technical point of contact to ensure best-practices and new test concepts are architected, developed, and driven throughout the organization. This position focuses primarily on developing characterization and validation test solutions for optical links (co-packaged optics, optical interconnects) with additional exposure to electrical SerDes validation. You will be part of a larger team that defines test solutions from concept, development, to production deployment.
Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience with optical lab instruments such as DCA, Tunable Filter, PDFA, OSA etc
- Experience testing/characterizing optical transceivers, pluggable modules, or co-packaged optics
- Experience in mixed signal analysis and issue debug across optical domains
- Experience in scripting test automation, demo GUI, customer supporting scripts
- Experience with high-speed scopes, BERT, VNA, or other electrical lab equipment is a plus
- Experience in SerDes electrical compliance for industry standards such as PCIe, Ethernet is a plus
- Understanding of Signal Integrity and/or Power Integrity is a plus
- Familiarity with advanced data post-processing techniques is a plus
- Keen interest in the latest optical link validation and characterization methodology
- Excel in teamwork and possess strong communication skills
- Highly motivated individual skilled in optimizing high-speed optical link performance and capable of identifying and addressing issues within a collaborative team environment
- Familiarity with electrical SerDes validation is a valuable complement to this role.
Responsibilities
- Validate and characterize AMD's optical SerDes link functionality and performance against design targets, product requirements, datasheet and industry standards
- Working closely with internal and external teams to troubleshoot optical link issues and determine root cause. Feedback to designers and architects for design improvements
- Collaborate with architects, design engineers, and application engineers to understand specifications and features to validate and characterize optical modules and interfaces
- Ensure and enhance optical link performance extinction ratio, TDECQ, eye/BER over optical channels compliant to relevant industry standards
- Develop test automations with advanced scripting and programming skills to improve test and data analysis efficiency and coverage
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
