Signal Integrity Engineer

Position Summary

Provide support to new product development, engineering, sales and marketing, other AFCI signal integrity teams, and customers by advising in the areas of high-speed signal transmission and technology development, in accordance with department strategy and objectives in terms of quality and delivery time.

Define, plan, and execute signal integrity deliverables, including modeling, simulation, and testing.  Communicate SI deliverables via reports and presentations.

Job Responsibilities

·        New Product Development Support:

• Utilize 2D, 3D, and full-wave electromagnetic field solvers to model connector structures.
• Utilize Iconsim, SPICE, ADS and other simulation tools to predict electrical performance of connectors, backplane links and cable assemblies.
• Work closely with product development engineers to refine concepts into product designs that are optimized electrically and mechanically.
• Produce technical reports that document predicted and/or measured performance of products.
• Participate in project team meetings and ensure availability of all SI-related deliverables.

·        Customer Support:

• Produce customer S-parameter models of new products.
• Perform SI measurements in response to a specific customer question or concern, within the timeframe promised to the customer.
• Perform SI simulations in response to a specific customer question or concern, within the timeframe promised to the customer.
• Develop customer simulation and test reports.

·        Marketing and Sales Support:

• Produce S-parameter models of new products to support sales and marketing.
• Develop simulation and test reports to support sales and marketing.
• Develop technical presentations to support new product introductions.

 ·        Capability and Competency Research and Development:

• Keep abreast of new technology and customer requirements via literature, patents and trade shows.
• Keep abreast of competitor's technology via literature, patents and trade shows.
• Participate in competitive analyses via SI measurement and/or simulation.

 ·        New Technology Research:

• Investigate the limits of new high-speed connector technologies.

Job Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor/Master Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or its equivalent.
• 3 years of related experience preferred. Entry level role may be considered for fresh graduate/post-graduate with relevant working knowledge of full-wave solver or simulation tool.
• Proficient in software tools, finite elements simulation of electro-mechanical interconnects.
• Proficient in mathematical derivation and modeling of electro-mechanical parameters.