Lead SerDes Platform Architect for High-Speed Systems

Synopsys Inc; Porto Salvo; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader for high-speed SerDes and PHY development. You will provide system-level leadership across platforms, drive architecture signoffs, and guide tradeoffs and risks with cross-functional teams.

You will influence architecture reviews, improve execution predictability, and strengthen platform readiness while contributing to Synopsys’s leadership in high-speed communication systems.

Qualifications

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Strong experience in SerDes, PHY development, or closely related high-speed communication domains.
• Strong system-level technical understanding and the ability to connect detailed engineering work to broader platform behavior.
• Experience solving complex technical problems across multiple stakeholders and competing constraints.
• Strong ability to assess tradeoffs, identify risks, and guide technical decisions with clarity.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills.
• Programming or analysis experience in MATLAB, Python, or similar tools is an advantage.
• Experience in PHY analog design or strong technical exposure to analog-design-driven PHY development is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide system-level technical leadership for assigned platforms and high-speed communication solutions.
• Connect system architecture, technical execution, and signoff readiness to drive stronger technical outcomes.
• Guide discussions on technical tradeoffs, platform behavior, assumptions, constraints, and risks.
• Contribute system- and signoff-informed insight to architecture reviews and key platform decisions.
• Strengthen technical ownership, execution predictability, and cross-functional alignment across the product-development flow.
• Shape stronger system-level technical decisions across advanced SerDes platforms.
• Improve the connection between architecture goals and execution outcomes.
• Increase technical clarity, risk visibility, and decision quality across complex projects.
• Help drive more robust and predictable platform-readiness and signoff practices.
• Contribute to Synopsys’s continued technical leadership in high-speed communication systems.

Skills

SerDes

PHY development

System-level thinking

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

MATLAB

Python

Education

M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Synopsys Inc. is seeking a senior technical leader for high-speed SerDes and PHY development. You will provide system-level leadership across platforms, drive architecture signoffs, and guide tradeoffs and risks with cross-functional teams.

You will influence architecture reviews, improve execution predictability, and strengthen platform readiness while contributing to Synopsys’s leadership in high-speed communication systems.