About the role
Category Engineering****Hire Type Employee****Job ID 11916****Remote Eligible No****Date Posted 21/07/2025
Come and be part of a collaborative team environment that innovates and develops the latest IP solutions that enable the way the world designs.
As a SERDES Silicon Validation Engineer working in a lab environment, you will be responsible for product qualification and compliance to supported standards/specifications. You will be part of an R&D team developing high speed SerDes PHYs. We are looking for an engineer with theoretical knowledge and practical experience to contribute to the team. Our R&D test lab contains high speed equipment such as: 224Gb/s capable BERTs, 70 GHz Oscilloscopes, 80GHz Sampling Scopes, 67 GHz Network analyzer and 50 GHz TDR for SERDES test and debug.
Duties:
- Work with a cross functional design team of analog designers, systems designers, application engineers, and customers to resolve problems and demonstrate product performance;
- Analyze and explain circuit behavior and circuit limitations in a testing and characterization environment;
- Define test requirements and methodologies to validate silicon under test against target specifications.
- Research and specify test equipment and components to support defined test plans and methodologies.
- Running characterization tests and creating test reports;
- Creating test boards and hardware solutions to support product validation;
- Writing software/scripts to automate tests and part control for product testing
- Debugging of electronic circuits; investigating product nonconformance.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in electrical or electronics engineering or in an appropriate related engineering discipline with 5 years related experience in test engineering
- Analog IC circuit knowledge
- Software programming experience
- Knowledge and experience with Matlab and digital design
- Debugging skills
- PAM4 signaling, test and debug background
- Experience with IC Test and Validation of Mixed Signal, ADC/DAC and SerDes test circuits
- Experience with high speed test equipment including 70GHz oscilloscopes, 67GHz network analyzer, and High Speed BERTs for SerDes test and debug
Other assets include:
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PCB design knowledge
-
SI/PI knowledge
-
Experience with tools for schematic entry, and SPICE simulation
-
Data analysis, data mining
Synopsys Canada ULC values the diversity of our workforce. We are committed to provide access & opportunity to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals throughout the recruitment and employment process. Should you require an accommodation, please contact hr-help-canada@synopsys.com.
About Synopsys Inc
Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, Synopsys delivers trusted and comprehensive silicon to systems design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP and system verification and validation.
We partner closely with semiconductor and systems customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.
About the role
Category Engineering****Hire Type Employee****Job ID 11916****Remote Eligible No****Date Posted 21/07/2025
Come and be part of a collaborative team environment that innovates and develops the latest IP solutions that enable the way the world designs.
As a SERDES Silicon Validation Engineer working in a lab environment, you will be responsible for product qualification and compliance to supported standards/specifications. You will be part of an R&D team developing high speed SerDes PHYs. We are looking for an engineer with theoretical knowledge and practical experience to contribute to the team. Our R&D test lab contains high speed equipment such as: 224Gb/s capable BERTs, 70 GHz Oscilloscopes, 80GHz Sampling Scopes, 67 GHz Network analyzer and 50 GHz TDR for SERDES test and debug.
Duties:
- Work with a cross functional design team of analog designers, systems designers, application engineers, and customers to resolve problems and demonstrate product performance;
- Analyze and explain circuit behavior and circuit limitations in a testing and characterization environment;
- Define test requirements and methodologies to validate silicon under test against target specifications.
- Research and specify test equipment and components to support defined test plans and methodologies.
- Running characterization tests and creating test reports;
- Creating test boards and hardware solutions to support product validation;
- Writing software/scripts to automate tests and part control for product testing
- Debugging of electronic circuits; investigating product nonconformance.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in electrical or electronics engineering or in an appropriate related engineering discipline with 5 years related experience in test engineering
- Analog IC circuit knowledge
- Software programming experience
- Knowledge and experience with Matlab and digital design
- Debugging skills
- PAM4 signaling, test and debug background
- Experience with IC Test and Validation of Mixed Signal, ADC/DAC and SerDes test circuits
- Experience with high speed test equipment including 70GHz oscilloscopes, 67GHz network analyzer, and High Speed BERTs for SerDes test and debug
Other assets include:
-
PCB design knowledge
-
SI/PI knowledge
-
Experience with tools for schematic entry, and SPICE simulation
-
Data analysis, data mining
Synopsys Canada ULC values the diversity of our workforce. We are committed to provide access & opportunity to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals throughout the recruitment and employment process. Should you require an accommodation, please contact hr-help-canada@synopsys.com.
About Synopsys Inc
Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, Synopsys delivers trusted and comprehensive silicon to systems design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP and system verification and validation.
We partner closely with semiconductor and systems customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.