Firmware Engineer – High-Speed SERDES IP (Equity)

Cadence; Mount Royal (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cadence is seeking a High Speed SERDES PHY Firmware Design Engineer to lead firmware development for industry-standard high-speed SERDES IP. You will architect, implement, verify, test, and deploy firmware, working with cross-functional teams to ensure robust IP delivery.

The role encompasses architecture development, field debugging, and collaboration with Product Engineering and System Validation to support customer deployment and ongoing improvements.

Qualifications

• Solid programming knowledge in C/C++ and Python.
• Understanding of wireline communication principles.
• Knowledge of mixed-signal circuit design and digital signal processing techniques.
• Experience with digital verification using UVM and SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to firmware architecture development and implementation of defined firmware features.
• Work closely with the verification team to debug and fix firmware issues found in verification simulations.
• Participate in post-silicon testing and validation to identify firmware and hardware related issues, and implement necessary firmware improvements.
• Interact with Product Engineering, System Validation, and Design teams to debug IP issues in the field and provide hot-fixes.
• Help build system-level prototype control software to develop and validate adaptation, equalization, and control algorithms for high-speed SERDES.
• Implement assigned firmware features and collaborate with verification and validation teams to ensure functionality and robustness.
• Support the Validation team during electrical and system characterization.
• Support the Product Engineering team during customer deployment of the IP.

Skills

C/C++

Python

SystemVerilog

UVM

DSP techniques

Wireline principles

Education

BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Cadence is seeking a High Speed SERDES PHY Firmware Design Engineer to lead firmware development for industry-standard high-speed SERDES IP. You will architect, implement, verify, test, and deploy firmware, working with cross-functional teams to ensure robust IP delivery.

The role encompasses architecture development, field debugging, and collaboration with Product Engineering and System Validation to support customer deployment and ongoing improvements.