Sr. IP Application Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Provide first-line customer-facing post-sales support for Ethernet and PCIe SerDes IPs.
• Work closely with R&D and provide updates to the Project Manager when required.
• Offer remote and onsite post-sales silicon bring-up support to customers worldwide.
• Develop and maintain APIs and ATE vectors.
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve customer issues.

Tasks May Include:

• Verilog model integration and simulation
• GDS physical integration and floor planning
• Design for test integration
• Time integration
• SerDes EVB and system testing
• ATE testing
• Firmware integration
• Product bring-up
• Product validation
• Product characterization
• Product qualification

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in IP/Library Design/Support (standard cells, memories, I/Os, analog blocks, etc.)/Application Engineering.
• Experience with front-end or back-end (including HSPICE) tools from Cadence, Synopsys, and Mentor.
• Experience in analog/mixed signal designs and/or DDRX PHYs/SerDes.
• Strong understanding of IP design, ASIC design flow, and integration-related issues.
• Proficient in writing scripts for automation.
• Prior experience in customer-facing roles.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field. An MSEE is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive working experience with PCIe and/or Ethernet SerDes.
• Extensive working experience with industry-standard simulators, timing analysis, firmware, and hardware debugging.
• Experience creating API-C test cases/DPI-C functions for configuring registers.
• Experience with lab equipment such as BERT, real-time scopes, sampling scopes, VNA, and/or protocol analyzers.
• Experience with lab automation software such as Python and/or LabVIEW.
• Extensive working experience with firmware, low-level programming, optimizing embedded C code, and hardware debugging.
• Experience with Jira, Agile/Scrum, and Confluence.
• Knowledge of EDA tools and a strong understanding of simulators.
• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Engineering Science.