Senior Principal Design Engineer

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Job Description

JOB Role:Senior Principal Design Engineer:

The responsibility entails leading pre siliconPhysical Layer Electrical Validationinfrastructure development as well as post silicon validation efforts primarily on Cadence's High Speed SERDES Test chips, ie, activities involving (but not limited to) designing the hardware and software architecture required to test the test chips (be it the test PCBs, controlling FPGA platforms, Labview/python automation for controlling the HW etc), defining test plans for rigorously testing the compliance of the Test chips to thePhysical Layer Electrical specifications, implementing these tests as planned, generating high quality test reports based on the test results etc.

What we are looking for in potential candidates is listed below.

Minimum Qualifications:

.10-15 years (with Btech) or 8-13 years (with Mtech) of experience in Post-SiliconPhysical Layer Electrical Validation

.DeepPhysical Layer electrical validationexperience on AT LEAST ONE High speed SERDES protocol like PCIe, USB, DP, ethernet, SRIO, JESD204, DDRIO etc

.Strong hands on Experience in using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Network Analyzer, Bit Error Rate Tester (BERT) etc

Preferred Qualifications:

.Experience managing small teams (at least 2 members and above) is a strong plus

.Experience leading the complete post silicon validation efforts for at least one full project

.1-2 years of experience in Analog, PLL,FPGA Design, PCB schematic and layout design & Prototyping is a strong plus

.Pre-Silicon IP/SoCPhysical Layer Electrical Validationexperience related to board bring-up & Debug.

.Familiarity with Verilog RTL coding, FPGA coding, Labview, python, C/C++, TCL

.Experience conducting hiring interviews and mentoring new hires

.Candidates are expected to be passionate about analog and digital electronic circuit design aspects as well as signal processing related aspects.

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