Principal DDR5/LPDDR5 PHY Validation Lead

Ampere; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium medical insurance

Unlimited Flextime

401K retirement plan

Job summary

Ampere in Santa Clara is seeking a Principal DDR5 / LPDDR5 PHY Validation Engineer. In this role, you will lead high-quality validation strategies for next-gen memory subsystems and tackle significant technical challenges to ensure performance consistency.

Ideal candidates should have over 6 years of DDR5 expertise and a solid background in compliance testing. The position offers a market-based salary range from $195,000 to $292,000 and promises benefits including premium insurance and unlimited flextime.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of DDR5 / LPDDR5 PHY expertise in bring-up validation, training/tuning, and stability issue resolution.
• Solid background in DDR5 / LPDDR5 Compliance testing.
• Strong oscilloscope-based debug skills using eye, jitter, clock, and data observations.

Responsibilities

• Own DDR5 / LPDDR5 PHY-focused validation strategy across bring-up, tuning, and release readiness.
• Lead DDR5 / LPDDR5 training/tuning validation and optimization.
• Drive signal-quality analysis and root-cause using eye/margin/jitter/clocking.

Skills

DDR5 / LPDDR5 PHY expertise

Compliance testing

Oscilloscope debugging

SI/PI knowledge

C Programming

Python proficiency

Education

BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Job description

Ampere in Santa Clara is seeking a Principal DDR5 / LPDDR5 PHY Validation Engineer. In this role, you will lead high-quality validation strategies for next-gen memory subsystems and tackle significant technical challenges to ensure performance consistency.

Ideal candidates should have over 6 years of DDR5 expertise and a solid background in compliance testing. The position offers a market-based salary range from $195,000 to $292,000 and promises benefits including premium insurance and unlimited flextime.