Hardware Engineering, Staff Engineer, Signal Integrity

We’re looking for an experienced signal integrity engineer to join the team.
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In this position, you will be part of a team that designs the next-generation DDR and HBM PHYs in the Synopsys IP portfolio.  The position entails evaluating the electrical performance of memory interconnect channels, evaluating strategies for improved signaling at ever-increasing data rates, generating reports, and communicating results, trends, and recommendations to internal design teams and to customers.  You will leverage your understanding of off-chip signaling, interconnect construction, channel modeling, signal and power delivery analysis, and electromagnetic behaviors to drive Synopsys’ evolving portfolio of leading-edge products.  You will join a collaborative, multi-person engineering team covering an array of DDR, HBM, UCIe PHY development projects.


Job Responsibilities:

• Perform interconnect assessments using the latest modeling techniques to predict channel data rates and signal margins
• Assess strategies for system performance optimization, including signal margins, power, and FFE, DFE, and CTLE equalization techniques
• Assess power delivery systems to optimize power integrity for supply stability and jitter minimization
• Document findings in reports and design guidelines
• Communicate results and insights to design teams to improve PHY design
• Communicate results and recommendations to customers to enable them to optimize their system performance
• Interact with design teams and customers to refine and apply signal and power analysis methods to refine strategies and address problems
• Understand Synopsys’ DDR and HBM PHY roadmap and create strategies for improved performance
• Track industry developments through activities at standards committees and through memory vendor roadmaps

Key Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven understanding of high-speed interface signaling operation, such as s-parameters, channel loss, crosstalk, equalization techniques, jitter, and power delivery modeling
• Well-versed in signal and power delivery analysis methods, including eye diagram construction through statistical modeling, return loss, impedance matching, and resonant system analysis
• Skilled in generating and communicating results, findings, conclusions, and recommendations within a design team and to external customers
• Well-versed in signal and power integrity analysis tools, HSPICE, IBIS, IBIS-AMI
• Knowledgeable in board-level construction and on-chip IO design operation
• Able to work across a multi-site team to communicate ideas, understand problems, and find solutions to create a leading-edge design
• Possessing a minimum of 3 years of related experience

The base salary range across the U.S. for this role is between $125,000-$187,000 annually. In addition, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request.

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