Technical Staff Engineer - Characterization

About this Position:

You will join the silicon characterization team to execute characterization of FPGA products. You will work closely with silicon design engineers, software engineers and technology development engineers to ensure that the company deploys new products with the highest quality and shortest time to market. This position will provide the opportunity to work on multiple projects supporting key functions within the organization. Based on the relevant years of experience and exposure, this position can provide opportunities to lead or manage a team.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Technically lead the team in the area of FPGA characterization with emphasis on high-speed protocols

Develop Characterization spec, plan, and documentation

Characterization of Digital and Mixed-signal designs

Associated design and firmware development

Verification of Microchip’s FPGA timing and Power analysis tools

Correlation of pre-silicon results with silicon measurements

Cross-functional team interfacing and collaboration in all activities

Requirements/Qualifications:

Required Skills and Experience:

BSEE or MSEE

12+ years of experience in product characterization or silicon validation with emphasis on digital and mixed-signal circuits

5+ years of experience in characterization and/or validation of serial protocols (PCIe/10GBaseKR/XAUI/SATA/etc.)

Expertise in characterization of DDR, SoC, processors, PLL, Oscillators, etc.

Firmware Development on multi-core microcontrollers or processors (ARM/RISC-V or similar)

Experience working in a laboratory environment, using lab equipment such as BERTs, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, function generators, etc.

Experience in evaluation of various laboratory equipment such as BERTs, Oscilloscopes, etc.

In-depth knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals including CMOS device operation and characteristics

Experience in board design fundamentals, signal and power integrity

Experience with Verilog or VHDL

Exposure to automated characterization flows to maximize use of equipment

Initiative (self-motivated, self-confident, self-driven, self-learning, always striving for excellence)

Commitment (responsible, responsive, commit to winning)

Solid functional and technical skills

Work quality ("do it right the first time", attention to detail, good documentation)

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills

Must have strong self-learning ability, leadership, and enjoy working in teams

Preferred Skills:

Knowledge of JTAG protocol highly desirable

Working knowledge of SOC and/or FPGA Architectures

Knowledge of FPGA design synthesis and routing associated with Microchip (Libero), AMD/Xilinx (Vivado, ISE), or Intel/Altera (Quartus) tools

Working knowledge of at least 1 of the following languages: Java/ C/C++, Visual Basic and/or Perl

Analog and mixed signal circuit design. Working experience with analog and/or digital systems is an advantage