High Speed SerDes System Engineer

Job description

High Speed SerDes System Engineer NXP Semiconductors Belgium is seeking an High-Speed SerDes System engineer to specify high-speed data communication interfaces, ensuring cutting-edge performance and reliability for our next-generation breakthrough IC products. Our preferred candidate is a System engineer with prior work expertise in SerDes specification, modeling, architecture and IP definition. Job Responsibilities: System Specification of High-Speed Semiconductor IC products - Linear Redrivers, Retimers, Transceivers and SerDes products End to end System modeling, simulation and performance analysis including losses, crosstalk, jitter, mode conversion, non-linearity, circuit noise, etc. Close Collaboration with silicon and package designers to satisfy SI, PI and EMI requirements Competitive Technical Analysis and Benchmarking Contribute to intellectual property generation through patent disclosures and technical publications Providing expert advice on design guidelines and solutions to SoC partners and customers Prepare subsystem specifications, system and application test plans, application notes, etc. Provide application support and technical training for key customers and field application engineers Job qualifications Master’s or PhD degree in Electronics/Electrical/Communication engineering 3+ years of SerDes Design and/or System Engineering experience Good knowledge in high-speed serial links & SerDes technologies and Signal Integrity analysis of 20G/32G/64G NRZ and PAM interfaces – e.g. PCIe, USB4, HDMI, Ethernet, Custom SerDes etc. Familiar with behavioral modeling of transceiver blocks (FFE, CTLE, DFE, CDR, PLL, PGA, Digital filters, etc.) Proficient with High-Speed Signal Integrity simulation assessment using ADS or HFSS or similar System level modeling and analysis experience in MATLAB/Simulink or Mathematica or similar Hands-on experience in extracting S-parameters or lumped models from packages and PCBs, and assessing the performance in frequency and time domains using simulation tools Experience using lab equipment for high-speed characterization – VNA, TDR, real-time scope, spectrum analyzer, etc. Excellent communication and teamwork skills, ability to work with cross-functional teams and can-do attitude More information about NXP in Belgium... #LI-9c8e