What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior/Staff Application Engineer position at Credo Semiconductor, Inc.?
Role
As a Senior or Staff System Applications Engineer, you would be responsible for providing support for data center related products focused on high-speed transceiver technology. This includes hardware design, product validation, python programming, and system integration of high speed Serdes (CDR) into optical modules and system on chip (SOC) products for interconnect links and a wide variety of channels on boards, in systems, over copper backplanes, and over optical fibers. Some of your responsibilities will include define and implement SERDES training algorithms over various channels and backplanes, program test scripts to automate characterization of new designs, use test equipment to measure parametric and write application notes or test reports.
Responsibilities
- Regular attending technical reviews with design team
- Participation in new product testing and developing Python script
- Onsite debugging of issues
- Willingness to go above and beyond to resolve high priority issues
- Collaborate to develop test plans with multiple teams and disciplines
- Create customer-facing documentation like handbooks and Application Notes with reference designs
- Define, test and implement complex SERDES training algorithms for a multi-rack system involving a wide variety of channels on boards, in systems, over copper backplanes, and optical fibers.
Skills and Qualifications
- Knowledge of adaptive signal processing, coding, and FEC algorithms a strong plus
- Basic knowledge/understanding of analog and digital circuits.
- Knowledge in Python and C programming to develop Serdes automation for link-up, training and diagnostics.
- Experience with high-speed test equipment (Scopes, BERTs, Spectrum Analyzers)
- Good debug and data analysis skill is requested
- Energetic, self-driven, team oriented, and analytical
- Communication, organizational, project planning, and engineering skills.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams to achieve objectives
Experience
- Minimum of bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or bachelor's degree in computer engineering with more than 5 years’ experience or master's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering with more than 3 years in the semiconductor industry and demonstrated experience working with high-speed digital and mixed signal electronics, including complex Analog and / or DSP solutions.
Salary : $130,000 - $160,000