Lead High-Speed SerDes Validation Engineer

K2 Space; Los Angeles (CA); Presencial; USD 170 000 - 250 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Equity in the company

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Resumo da oferta

K2 Space is seeking a hands-on SerDes Characterization & Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to bring up and characterize high-speed SerDes interfaces in complex SoCs. You will work closely with SerDes/IP, mixed-signal, digital, firmware, SI/PI, package, board, and systems teams to take high-speed interfaces from first silicon through product integration and system-level operation.

You will also help build our high-speed test and validation capability from the ground up.

Qualificações

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of high-speed SerDes characterization or post-silicon validation.
• Strong understanding of NRZ/PAM4 signaling, jitter, equalization.
• Hands-on experience with high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, BERTs, pattern generators, VNAs, TDR/TDT.
• Experience with eye diagrams, jitter decomposition, BER testing, stressed-eye testing.
• Experience with package/PCB channels and channel de-embedding.
• Experience with automated characterization environments using Python.

Responsabilidades

• Lead post-silicon bring-up and characterization of high-speed NRZ and PAM4 SerDes, including 112G-class interfaces.
• Develop and execute electrical characterization plans across lanes, data rates, voltage, temperature, channels, and operating conditions.
• Characterize TX eye quality, jitter, output amplitude, linearity, equalization, RX sensitivity, BER, bathtub curves, CDR performance, and link margin.
• Validate TX/RX equalization including FFE, CTLE, DFE, adaptation, and link-training behavior.
• Perform BER and stress testing across representative and worst-case channels.
• Debug complex link issues spanning SerDes IP, clocks, power, package, PCB/channel, firmware, and digital logic.
• Correlate silicon measurements with SerDes models, simulations, and channel/SI analysis.
• Develop automated characterization environments and regression testing for instrument control, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Support transition from chip-level to product integration and system-level validation.

Conhecimentos

high-speed SerDes characterization

post-silicon validation

signal integrity

Python scripting

instrument-control interfaces

debugging across silicon, package, PCB

cross-functional collaboration

Formação académica

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Ferramentas

Oscilloscopes

BERTs

Pattern generators

VNAs

TDR/TDT

Descrição da oferta de emprego

K2 Space is seeking a hands-on SerDes Characterization & Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to bring up and characterize high-speed SerDes interfaces in complex SoCs. You will work closely with SerDes/IP, mixed-signal, digital, firmware, SI/PI, package, board, and systems teams to take high-speed interfaces from first silicon through product integration and system-level operation.

You will also help build our high-speed test and validation capability from the ground up.