Electrical Engineer, High-Speed SerDes Validation

People Integra (A Business Integra Group Company); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

People Integra (A Business Integra Group Company) seeks an hands-on Electrical Engineer to lead SerDes characterization, validation, and debug for AI silicon and systems. The role emphasizes PCIe Gen6 and high-speed Ethernet SerDes, operating advanced SI/test equipment, and driving problems from measurement through root cause.

The ideal candidate will have strong lab skills, experience with SerDes characterization, and the ability to automate data collection and analysis in a fast-paced hardware

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with high-speed SerDes characterization and debug.
• Experience with PCIe Gen6 and high-speed Ethernet SerDes preferred.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, jitter, eye diagrams, BER, equalization, channel loss and link margining.

Responsibilities

• Perform SerDes electrical characterization, compliance testing, and debug.
• Characterize PCIe Gen6 and high-speed Ethernet interfaces across voltage, temperature, and operating conditions.
• Execute eye diagram, jitter, BER, margining, and signal-integrity measurements.
• Debug link-training, signal-integrity and board/channel issues.
• Operate high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, BERTs, VNAs, probes/fixtures, and compliance test equipment.
• Analyze data and collaborate with silicon, board, firmware, and validation teams to resolve issues.
• Develop and automate characterization flows and data collection.

Skills

High-speed SerDes characterization

PCIe Gen6

Signal integrity

Eye diagram analysis

Jitter BER margining

Python scripting

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

BERTs

VNAs

Probes/Fixtures

Compliance equipment

Job description

We are looking for a hands-on Electrical Engineer (EE) to perform high-speed SerDes characterization, validation, and debug for AI silicon and systems. The ideal candidate has deep experience with PCIe Gen6 and high-speed Ethernet SerDes and is comfortable operating advanced signal-integrity and SerDes characterization equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform SerDes electrical characterization, compliance testing, and debug.
• Characterize PCIe Gen6 and high-speed Ethernet interfaces across voltage, temperature, and operating conditions.
• Execute eye diagram, jitter, BER, margining, and signal-integrity measurements.
• Debug link-training, signal-integrity, and board/channel issues.
• Operate high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, BERTs, VNAs, protocol analyzers, and compliance test equipment.
• Analyze characterization data and work with silicon, board, firmware, and validation teams to resolve issues.
• Develop and automate characterization flows and data collection where applicable.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with high-speed SerDes characterization and debug.
• Experience with PCIe Gen6 and high-speed Ethernet SerDes strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, jitter, eye diagrams, BER, equalization, channel loss, and link margining.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed scopes, BERTs, VNAs, probes/fixtures, and SerDes compliance equipment.
• Experience with board-level signal-integrity debug and silicon bring-up.
• Experience with AI accelerators, CPUs/GPUs, server silicon, or other complex SoCs preferred.
• Python or other scripting experience for test automation and characterization analysis is a plus.
• Ideal candidate: A hands-on EE who has personally characterized and debugged PCIe Gen6/Ethernet SerDes , can independently operate high-speed characterization equipment, and can drive problems from measurement through root cause .