SerDes Validation Engineer

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD. At AMD, we believe technology can change lives for the better. It can heal us, entertain us, and make us more connected, productive, and understanding of the world around us. And we’re looking for talent who feel the same: people who want to leave the planet better than they found it, those who don’t shy away from humanity’s challenges but are determined to help solve them.

AMD is powering the next generation of supercomputing, high-performance computing, cloud, and AI. Whether you’re designing next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, or creating go-to-market plans, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger — technology that moves the world forward.

As a Ser Des Validation Engineer in the Ser Des Technology team, you will collaborate with various Product Development Groups, Silicon Design, DFT, Packaging, and interface with key technology partners. This individual serves as a critical technical point of contact to ensure best-practices and new test concepts are architected, developed, and driven throughout the organization. This position focuses on developing characterization and validation test solutions for electrical and optical.

You will be part of a larger team that defines test solutions from concept, development, to production deployment.

If you have a keen interest in the latest Ser Des validation and characterization methodology, excel in teamwork and possess strong communication skills, your profile aligns well with our requirements. We are seeking a highly motivated individual skilled in optimizing Ser Des performance and capable of identifying and addressing issues within a collaborative team environment.

• Validate and characterize AMD’s Ser Des PHY functionality and performance against design targets, product requirements, datasheet and industry standards
• Working closely with internal and external teams to troubleshoot issues and determine the root cause. Feedback to designers and architects for design improvements
• Collaborate with architects, design engineers, and application engineers to understand specifications and features to validate and characterize the silicon
• Ensure and enhance Ser Des performance, electrical and/or optical, compliant to Industry standards such as PCIe, IEEE and OIF etc.
• Develop test automations with advanced scripting and programing skills to improve test and data analysis efficiency and coverage

• Hands-on experience with full stack lab instruments such as high-speed scopes, BERT, VNA, and/or other associated lab equipment.
• Experience in mixed signal analysis, issue debug
• Experience in latest Ser Des architecture or design
• Experience in Ser Des electrical compliance for industrial standards such as PCIe, ethernet is preferred
• Experience in scripting test automation, demo GUI, customer supporting scripts
• Understanding of Signal Integrity and/or Power Integrity is a plus Familiar with advance data post processing technics is a plus

• BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering preferred

• San Jose, CA

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.