Senior System Application Engineer – SerDes & System Tuning

MediaTek; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

Life and disability insurance

401K

Paid time off (PTO)

Parental leave

Job summary

MediaTek in San Jose, California is looking for a skilled candidate to provide on-site customer support for High Speed IO platforms. This role bridges customers and MediaTek's global engineering teams to ensure successful deployment of MediaTek IPs. Responsibilities include platform bring-up, validation, and technical support. Required qualifications include 1+ years in High Speed IO or hardware validation and a practical understanding of signal integrity. Compensation ranges from $142,000 to $244,000, along with a variety of benefits.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in High Speed IO, system bring up, or hardware validation.
• Basic understanding of high-speed serial signaling concepts.
• Hands-on experience using lab equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support customer on-site platform bring up and debug for High Speed IO.
• Execute validation checks and first-level debug for SerDes links.
• Collect, analyze, and generate clear field and internal reports.

Skills

High Speed IO

System bring up

Hardware validation

Signal integrity measurements

Strong communication skills

Lab equipment usage

Tools

Oscilloscope

JTAG

I2C

Python

Tcl

Job description

Job Description

Provide on site customer support for High Speed IO platforms, supporting system bring up, validation, and debug. This role serves as a technical bridge between customers and MediaTek global engineering teams, enabling successful deployment of MediaTek IPs (SerDes, PCIe, and Die to Die (D2D)) through demos, proof of concepts (PoCs), and customer engagements. SerDes expertise is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Support customer on site platform bring up, configuration, validation, and debug for High Speed IO interfaces
• Execute validation checklists, sanity tests, and first level debug for SerDes links
• Assist with SerDes link bring up, training, equalization tuning, and margin checks under guidance
• Provide support for other High Speed IO interface IPs as needed
• Collect, analyze, and correlate logs, registers, and lab measurement data; generate clear field and internal reports
• Act as a technical interface between customers and MediaTek global engineering teams
• Support issue reproduction, root cause isolation, and execution of debug plans or workarounds
• Perform basic signal integrity measurements (eye diagrams, waveform capture) using an oscilloscope
• Support demos, PoCs, and customer technical discussions
• Maintain interface bring up guides, debug checklists, known issues, and FAQs

Required Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in High Speed IO, system bring up, or hardware validation
• Basic understanding of high speed serial signaling concepts (eye diagrams, jitter, channel loss, equalization)
• Exposure to link bring up and first level hardware debug (e.g., SerDes or PCIe)
• Hands on experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes for signal observation
• Practical debug experience with system interfaces (e.g., I2C, JTAG)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with customers and cross site teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SerDes based interfaces
• Experience with PCIe (Gen3 / Gen4 / Gen5) or Die to Die / Chip to Chip interfaces (e.g., UCIe)
• Familiarity with characterization tools (BERT, VNA, TDR, protocol analyzers)
• Experience supporting EVT or customer labs
• Scripting or automation experience (Python, Tcl)

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $142,000 – $244,000 annually. Employee may be eligible for performance bonus, short and long term incentive programs. Actual total compensation will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience and qualifications. MediaTek provides a variety of benefits including comprehensive health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays, paid time off (PTO), parental leave, 401K and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

MediaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.