R&D Engineer 4, Signal Integrity

Keysight Technologies, Inc.•Calabasas, CA

About The Position

Keysight is at the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~16,800 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Our award-winning culture embraces a bold vision of where technology can take us and a passion for tackling challenging problems with industry-first solutions. We believe that when people feel a sense of belonging, they can be more creative, innovative, and thrive at all points in their careers. A major success factor for Keysight continues to be the development and deployment of breakthrough digital high speed designs at the forefront of industry standards that drive the performance, differentiation, and value of new products. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated R&D Hardware Design Engineer to join our high speed signal integrity team. In this role, you will participate in the design and validation of high speed serial interfaces and in the selection of materials, design structures, and methodologies to achieve required design specifications and necessary SI margins and predicted performance.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Excellent understanding of Electrical Engineering principles, Signal Integrity, RF/Microwave theory, and high frequency circuit design methodologies
Minimum 7+ years of experience (MS and 5 years) in hardware/circuit design, RF/microwave design, high-frequency modeling/optimization, or high-power density design
Fluent/Experienced in ANSYS HFSS and 3D-Layout and Polar Instruments.
Familiarity with Allegro
Proven experience with semiconductor, packaging, and printed circuit board technologies, associated materials and copper roughness, manufacturing processes, and design methodologies

Nice To Haves

Understanding/Familiarity with PCB design methodologies, processes, and workflows preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborate across global teams to design, optimize, and implement PCB designs and subsystem solutions that meet test & measurement product functionality, performance, quality and schedule requirements.
Modeling & optimization of high-frequency RF and high-speed digital I/O interconnects.
Close collaboration with system, hardware, board design, and test teams to develop and define hardware requirements, functionality, and performance needed to satisfy SI requirements.
Identification of appropriate design structures, geometries, stackups to satisfy insertion loss, return loss, and overal SI requirements.
Support and investigation of next generation materials and stackups/process in PCB fabrication so as to satisfy stringent SI needs.
Collaboration with internal and external supply chain manufacturing partners to identify, develop, deploy, and execute new processes/materials.
Collaboration with the development, test & reliability teams in the characterization and qualification of PCBA materials.