PHY Lab Technician

Broadcom Inc.; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 34,908 - 48,877; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(K) participation including company matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Paid sick leave and vacation time

Job summary

Broadcom Inc. is looking for a PHY Lab Technician in Fort Collins, CO to support the development of advanced PHY IP for custom silicon ASIC products. This role involves responsibilities such as managing lab inventory, maintaining clean labs, and ensuring optimal test equipment operation.

Qualified candidates should have an Associate’s degree with extensive relevant hands-on experience, alongside good organizational skills. The position offers a competitive hourly salary, benefits like healthcare plans and a 401(K) with company matching.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree and 4+ years experience or extensive relevant hands-on experience.
• Able to set up and change hardware on test benches.
• Diagnose equipment malfunctions and repair or replace.

Responsibilities

• Receive and ship packages.
• Track and manage lab inventory.
• Ensure test equipment is operating optimally.

Skills

Organizational skills

Inventory management

Preventive maintenance

Software experience with spreadsheets

Education

Associate’s degree

Tools

Linux systems

Windows systems

Thermal forcing equipment

Job description

Broadcom’s ASIC Product Division (APD) is focused on enabling customers to develop products with a sustainable and substantial competitive advantage. APD does this by delivering best-in-class technology platforms, easy to integrate bleeding edge intellectual property, and by providing world-class customer support. APD’s customers span a wide range of industries developing ASICs for the largest and most complex cloud computing AI engines, supercomputers, and networking, through to low power and the most advanced wireless solutions.

The PHY Lab Technician will support the development of state‑of‑the‑art die‑to‑die PHY IP used broadly in APD's custom silicon ASIC products. Candidates will use their expertise to enable successful first silicon turn‑on, device debug, RMA activities, and characterization of intellectual property. The successful candidate will contribute as a member of the characterization team and will be located in Fort Collins, CO.

Responsibilities

• Receive and ship packages
• Track and manage lab inventory
• Ensure test equipment is operating optimally
• Change out test set ups
• Swap equipment that needs repair
• Swap devices under test
• Maintain clean, organized, and safe labs
• Procurement of lab supplies and materials

Job Requirements

• Associate’s degree and 4+ years experience or extensive relevant hands‑on experience
• Able to set up and change hardware on test benches
• Track and maintain lab equipment
• Preventive maintenance of lab equipment
• Diagnose equipment malfunctions and repair or replace
• Ship and receive equipment and parts
• Track and manage lab inventory
• Vendor deliverables management
• Maintain lab cleanliness and safety
• Perform quarterly lab inspections
• Good organizational skills
• Software experience with spreadsheets or other inventory management software
• Calibrate equipment and manage third‑party calibration planning, schedule and budget

Desired

• Support test board readiness
• Experience with thermal forcing equipment
• Experience with Linux and Windows systems maintenance and administration
• Support characterization of IP
• Good understanding of board design, PCB layout and board failure analysis

Compensation and Benefits

Salary range for this position is $25.34 - $35.48 per hour. As a valued member of our team, you’ll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(K) participation including company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid holidays
• Paid sick leave and vacation time
• Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence as applicable

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.