Systems SERDES Engineer, Senior Staff

Qualcomm; Toronto (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Canada ULC is seeking an experienced ASIC design and verification engineer to run behavioral channel simulations and model complex analog blocks for high-speed SERDES systems. You will contribute to architecture definitions for SERDES links across multiple standards and develop tools to accelerate design and debugging in collaboration with the analog/validation teams.

The role requires strong MATLAB, C/C++, Python, Tcl, and Perl skills, with experience in PCIe and/or Ethernet SerDes

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Strong programming skills in MATLAB, C/C , scripting skills in Python, Tcl, Perl.
• Experience working with PCIe and/or Ethernet Serdes specifications.

Responsibilities

• Run behavioral channel simulation and analysis of high-speed wireline analog/DSP SERDES for 100G PAM4 standards.
• Model complex analog blocks, such as Transmitter, FFE, CTLE, DFE, and CDRs
• Contribute to Architecture definition for SERDES links for several standards
• Develop and deploy tools for analog / validation teams to speed up design and debug
• Work with state-of-the-art optimization and machine learning algorithms for chip optimization
• Contribute to and help develop adaptation algorithms for a variety of equalization techniques
• Perform sensitivity analysis and regression simulations for various link conditions
• Work with internal silicon engineering team to help perform system performance correlation between behavior models and silicon

Skills

SERDES modelling

MATLAB

C/C++

Python

Tcl

Perl

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering

Master's degree in Science/Engineering

PhD in Science/Engineering

Tools

IBIS-AMI

Job description

Company: Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary: As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

What You'll Do:

• Run behavioral channel simulation and analysis of high-speed wireline analog/DSP SERDES for 100G PAM4 standards
• Model complex analog blocks, such as Transmitter, FFE, CTLE, DFE, and CDRs
• Contribute to Architecture definition for SERDES links for several standards
• Develop and deploy tools for analog / validation teams to speed up design and debug
• Work with state-of-the-art optimization and machine learning algorithms for chip optimization
• Contribute to and help develop adaptation algorithms for a variety of equalization techniques
• Perform sensitivity analysis and regression simulations for various link conditions
• Work with internal silicon engineering team to help perform system performance correlation between behavior models and silicon

What You'll Need:

• 5 years of previous experience with modelling critical SERDES blocks such as Transmitter, FFE, CTLE, DFE, and CDRs
• Strong programming skills in MATLAB, C/C , scripting skills in Python, Tcl, Perl
• Experience working with PCIe and/or Ethernet SerDes specifications

It'd Be Amazing If You Had:

• IBIS-AMI modelling experience
• Familiarity with PCI-SIG, IEEE 802.3 and OIF standards

About You:

• Extremely detail oriented
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to listen to and appreciate ideas and opinions that differ from yours
• Drive for consistency
• Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs
• Self-motivated and self-managing

Applicants:

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