Senior Director, SerDes Digital Design for AI Infrastructure

Upscale; Kentucky; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Upscale, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director of SerDes Digital Design to lead architecture, development, and implementation of the digital subsystem for next-generation SerDes technologies.

The role focuses on high-speed DSP, calibration, and robust silicon delivery, coordinating with analog, system, and verification teams. You will build and develop a world-class SerDes digital engineering team, drive a technology roadmap, and ensure production-grade, power-efficient designs for AI data centers

Qualifications

• Experience delivering digital functionality for 100G+ per-lane SerDes PHYs.
• Strong knowledge of digital design methodologies: microarchitecture, synthesis, timing closure, clock-domain crossing, low-power, DFT.
• Experience leading RTL development, digital implementation, integration, and silicon delivery.
• Experience driving digital verification and system integration for complex mixed-signal products.
• Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain strong engineering talent.
• Experience with SerDes DSP architectures, including equalization and coefficient-update mechanisms.
• Understanding of high-speed link training, initialization, adaptation, diagnostics, and link-management requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the digital architecture for next-generation SerDes PHYs.
• Lead DSP, calibration, initialization, adaptation, and control of digital subsystems.
• Drive digital verification and quality for robust silicon bring-up.
• Collaborate with analog, clocking, firmware, and system teams for end-to-end SerDes solutions.
• Build and mentor a high-performing SerDes digital engineering team; roadmap digital technologies.
• Lead silicon bring-up support and root-cause analysis across digital/analog boundaries.

Skills

Digital IC design

RTL development

Silicon delivery

Digital verification

Leadership

High-speed SerDes

DSP and equalization

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

Upscale, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director of SerDes Digital Design to lead architecture, development, and implementation of the digital subsystem for next-generation SerDes technologies.

The role focuses on high-speed DSP, calibration, and robust silicon delivery, coordinating with analog, system, and verification teams. You will build and develop a world-class SerDes digital engineering team, drive a technology roadmap, and ensure production-grade, power-efficient designs for AI data centers