Hsio Characterization Engineer, Senior

Job Summary

The BDC HSIO Post Silicon Engineering group has an opening for a Digital Bench Characterization Engineer. As part of the HSIO Post Silicon Engineering group, you will be responsible for bench characterization of leading-edge LPDDR PCDDR subsystem components (DRAM, DRAM Controller, DRAM PHY, IOs, PLL/DLL, Clocking architecture, Delay circuits, Power Distribution Network) and high-speed IO interfaces (PCIe, USB2/3/4, DisplayPort, HDMI, MIPI-CSI/DSI, UFS PLL).

You will:

• Evaluate parametric performance of DDR High-Speed IO IPs
• Perform failure analysis to root-cause design problems
• Youll work closely with IC design engineering, system engineering, and hardware applications teams across the globe in a time-critical environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

Skills and Knowledge

• Familiarity with test and characterization of DDR and High-Speed IO interfaces
• Mobile PC DDR protocols (DDR2/3/4), timing diagrams
• HSIO IPs at PHY level
• Electrical parametric compliance specs (eye diagram, differential signaling, jitter analysis, Receiver-Jitter-Tolerance, signal integrity, transmission line considerations, de-embedding)
• Decent understanding of VLSI technologies, analog/digital ICs, and semiconductor physics
• Hands-on experience with bench instruments (oscilloscopes, BERT, network/spectrum analyzers, signal generators, logic analyzers) is a plus
• Programming skills: Python, C, C# (or equivalent)

Soft Skills

• Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, and debugging skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills