HSIO Characterization Engineer

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering General Summary: JD: HSIO - Electrical Validation and Characterization Engineer The HSIO Post Silicon Engineering group has an opening for a HSIO Characterization Engineer. As part of the HSIO Post Silicon Engineering group, you will be responsible for bench characterization and electrical validation of leading-edge High-Speed IO interfaces and LPDDR subsystems across mobile, automotive, compute, and datacenter platforms. You will work on High-Speed Interfaces such as PCIe, USB2/3/4, DisplayPort, HDMI, MIPI CSI/DSI, MIPI D-PHY/C-PHY, UFS, Ethernet, and PLLs. You will: • Evaluate parametric and electrical performance of High-Speed IO IPs • Perform post-silicon validation, characterization, and compliance testing of HSIO interfaces • Analyze signal quality including eye diagrams, jitter, BER, receiver tolerance, equalization, and link performance • Perform failure analysis and root-cause design, silicon, board, and system-level issues • Bring up complex validation platforms, boards, and test environments • Develop validation plans, test methodologies, automation frameworks, and test scripts • Collaborate closely with PHY design, system engineering, software, hardware, and customer engineering teams across the globe in a time-critical environment Qualifications • M.Tech, B.Tech, or equivalent in Electronics or Electrical Engineering • 0-2 years of related work experience Skills & Knowledge • Familiarity with post-silicon validation and characterization of DDR and High-Speed IO interfaces • Knowledge of HSIO standards such as PCIe, USB, UFS, MIPI, Ethernet, DisplayPort, and HDMI at PHY and protocol levels • Understanding of electrical compliance specifications including eye diagram analysis, jitter measurements, BER testing, receiver jitter tolerance, link equalization, differential signaling, signal integrity, power integrity, transmission line effects, and de-embedding techniques • Strong electrical engineering fundamentals and understanding of analog/digital ICs, semiconductor devices, and VLSI technologies • Hands-on experience with bench instruments such as oscilloscopes, BERT/J-BERT, protocol analyzers, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, timing sources, and logic analyzers • Exposure to board bring-up, debug, and test setup development • Programming and automation skills using Python, C/C++, C#, Shell scripting, LabVIEW, or equivalent • Experience developing test automation and data analysis frameworks is a plus • Exposure to FPGA platforms and development tools such as Xilinx or Intel/Altera is an added advantage Soft Skills • Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment • Self-motivated with strong ownership and execution skills • Excellent verbal and written communication skills Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field. 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.