Lead SerDes Systems Architect, High-Speed PHY

Synopsys, Inc.; Porto Salvo; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Wellness programs

Financial rewards

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. seeks a senior technical leader in high-speed communication systems with deep SerDes and PHY experience. You will guide architecture, tradeoffs, and signoff readiness across platforms, influencing decisions with ownership and rigor.

You will collaborate across teams to improve execution clarity, technical quality, and platform readiness while shaping next-generation high-speed ICs and software content.

Qualifications

• M.Sc. or Ph.D. 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 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.

Skills

SerDes

PHY development

system-level thinking

technical leadership

analytical skills

communication skills

MATLAB

Python

Education

M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Synopsys, Inc. seeks a senior technical leader in high-speed communication systems with deep SerDes and PHY experience. You will guide architecture, tradeoffs, and signoff readiness across platforms, influencing decisions with ownership and rigor.

You will collaborate across teams to improve execution clarity, technical quality, and platform readiness while shaping next-generation high-speed ICs and software content.