Sr Staff Application Engineer

Ilocatum; Cascina Vignazza; In loco; EUR 75.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading semiconductor firm in Pavia is seeking a Sr Staff Application Engineer to provide technical support for high-speed SerDes and work with customers on design reviews. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and over 5 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in communication theories and tools like Python and MATLAB is required. This full-time, on-site role offers a competitive salary of €75,000 to €110,000 plus bonuses.

Servizi

Bonus

Signing bonus

Paid relocation

Competenze

• 5+ years experience in application engineering or related field.
• Strong understanding of communication and microwave theories.
• Experience in using software tools like Python, VBA, MATLAB for scripting.

Mansioni

• Support debugging for internal and external teams.
• Analyze and characterize silicon-level internal IPs.
• Develop and execute validation test plans.

Conoscenze

Debugging skills

Test script generation

Communication skills

Knowledge of transmission lines

Experience with high-speed SerDes

Formazione

Bachelor’s in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Strumenti

Oscilloscope

TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer)

VNA (Vector Network Analyzer)

Logic Analyzer

Descrizione del lavoro

Sr Staff Application Engineer

Pavia, Italy

€75,000 to €110,000 + Bonus + SIGNING BONUS + Paid Relocation

Responsibilities :

• Support internal or external teams on system-level debugging.
• Analyze Bring up, debug, and characterize silicon-level internal IPs such as High-Speed SerDes, for various semiconductor products.
• Evaluate and debug new features in PHY, develop driver firmware, collect performance data, and resolve application and production issues, including Ethernet and PCIe products.
• Provide direct technical support to top-tier customers and work with them to review designs, discuss questions, and help tune performance to meet system requirements.
• Develop and execute bench-level validation test plans and develop scripts in Python, VBA, and MATLAB to automate testing.
• Generate an appropriate test report and write application notes.
• Provide technical support to customers for resolving all technical issues and for furnishing collateral documentation related to technical matters.
• Act as a primary technical interface between the company and customers.
• Qualify design activity at the customer engineering level and participate in the definition of new products and the identification of niche areas that present new opportunities.
• Location : Pavia, Italy.
• Work Model : Full-time, on-site.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering / Science or related technical field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Master’s degree on Electrical / Electronic Engineering or . degree in Electrical Engineering is preferable.
• Strong fundamentals of communication, transmission lines, EM, microwave theories.
• Test Script generation in Python, VBA, MATLAB or other language.
• Debugging using equipment like Oscilloscope (Keysight, Tektronix, Teledynelecroy), TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer, Tektronix), VNA (Vector Network Analyzer, Agilent), Logic Analyzer (Tektronix, Agilent).
• Bench analysis using equipment like BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester, Keysight, Anritsu) or AWG (Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Tektronix) in a plus.
• Performing 5G, 10G, 25G NRZ and 53G PAM-4 Transmitter Compliance test measurements using IEEE Compliant HCB (Host Compliance Board) test fixture is a plus.
• Performing electrical compliance testing for PCIE Gen4 / 5 using PCI-SIG Compliance boards is a plus.
• Experience and knowledge on high-speed SerDes Printed Circuit Board design and system application.
• Creating and performing validation test cases and generating reports including the gathered data and target results.
• Attitude to interact with remote teams.
• Willing to travel
• Fluent in English both spoken and written.