Systems SERDES Engineer, Senior Staff

Company: Qualcomm Canada ULC Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering General Summary: As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path. Replacement Position. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. What You’ll Do • Run behavioral channel simulation and analysis of high-speed wireline analog/DSP SERDES for 100G+ PAM4 standards • Model complex analog blocks, such as Transmitter, FFE, CTLE, DFE, and CDRs • Contribute to Architecture definition for SERDES links for several standards • Develop and deploy tools for analog / validation teams to speed up design and debug • Work with state-of-the-art optimization and machine learning algorithms for chip optimization • Contribute to and help develop adaptation algorithms for a variety of equalization techniques • Perform sensitivity analysis and regression simulations for various link conditions • Work with internal silicon engineering team to help perform system performance correlation between behavior models and silicon What You’ll Need • 5+ years of previous experience with modelling critical SERDES blocks such as Transmitter, FFE, CTLE, DFE, and CDRs • Strong programming skills in MATLAB, C/C++, scripting skills in Python, Tcl, Perl • Experience working with PCIe and/or Ethernet SerDes specifications It’d Be Amazing If You Had • IBIS-AMI modelling experience • Familiarity with PCI-SIG, IEEE 802.3 and OIF standards About You • Extremely detail oriented • Superb analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent communication skills • Able to listen to and appreciate ideas and opinions that differ from yours • Drive for consistency • Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs • Self-motivated and self-managing Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries). Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law. To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.