Silicon Lab Support Technician
About The Position
As a Support Engineer at Qualcomm, you will significantly contribute to our product improvement and work with other Engineers to sustain aspects of our product development life cycle. Support Engineers will also play a critical role in resolving technical system issues that promote product reliability. You will have endless opportunities to learn and grow in the Engineering development space. The High-Speed Interfaces Silicon Validation team is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to join our team to support the silicon lab activities for our ultra high-speed (100Gbps+) network communication devices. Be part of a fast moving, enthusiastic, and dynamic team made up of validation, applications, systems, and mixed signal design engineers. In the lab you will contribute and manage the test HW setups, further growing your hardware and software skills as you support the testing of these devices. This is an opportunity to work with the latest and greatest lab equipment and software tools in addition to working on leading edge technology. New Position. In this role you will be working in a team environment supporting the validation and characterization for the next generation ultra-high-speed interfaces, referred to Serial-Deserializer (SerDes) transceivers or optical transceivers. You will be responsible for test support of our SerDes devices including, maintaining all hardware setups, preventative maintenance and calibration certification of equipment, lab logistics and safety, and support the execution of Python automation scripts to characterize the devices, all under the support of a great team of experienced engineers.
Requirements
- Minimum of Diploma in Electrical Technician or Technology
- Understanding of basic electrical circuits
- Ability to debug, repair, solder, and manual assembly of PCB
- Experience using equipment such as oscilloscopes, BERTs, signal analyzers, VNAs, and power supplies, VOA, OSA, power meters
- Ability to manage and organize the lab, including tracking of all lab equipment
- Bachelor's degree OR Associate's degree and 1+ year of technical or related work experience OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 2+ years of technical or related work experience.
Nice To Haves
- Programming experience with Python for the purpose of IC testing and automation of this testing
- Knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity concepts
- Semiconductor knowledge, particularly SerDes devices
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to listen to and appreciate ideas and opinions that differ from yours
- Extremely detail oriented
- High organizational skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Drives for consistency
- Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs
- Self-motivated and self-managing
Responsibilities
- Characterization activities of the SerDes device including hardware bench setups, hardware measurements and debug
- Support and maintain Python scripts and routines for device automation and lab instrumentation control
- Identify and procure lab equipment, consumables, and materials
- Managing lab logistics and preventative maintenance activities
- Maintain equipment calibration certification
- Owner of lab safety
- Working with building operations team on all facility related matters
- Create and maintain documentation, such as lab user guides / procedures and equipment records
- Provide status report on lab activities
Benefits
- Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
- Opportunity for annual RSU grants
- Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
