Sr Staff Application Engineer

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, 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 test reports and write application notes.
• Provide technical support to customers for resolving technical issues and furnish 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 defining new products and identifying niche areas with 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 field, with five (5) years of relevant experience. A Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering is preferable.
• Strong fundamentals in communication, transmission lines, EM, microwave theories.
• Experience in test script generation in Python, VBA, MATLAB, or other languages.
• Proficiency in debugging with equipment like Oscilloscopes (Keysight, Tektronix, Teledynelecroy), TDR, VNA, Logic Analyzers.
• Experience with bench analysis tools like BERT and AWG is a plus.
• Experience performing 5G, 10G, 25G NRZ, and 53G PAM-4 Transmitter Compliance tests using IEEE compliant fixtures is a plus.
• Knowledge of electrical compliance testing for PCIe Gen4/5 using PCI-SIG compliance boards is a plus.
• Experience with high-speed SerDes PCB design and system applications.
• Ability to create and perform validation test cases and generate comprehensive reports.
• Good communication skills and willingness to travel.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.