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High Speed Serdes IP Principal System Engineer

Position Description:

This is a unique opportunity to join the rapidly growing team in the SerDes IP R&D Group at Cadence Design Systems. We are looking for a Principal System Engineer who will be a key contributor to our advanced high speed SerDes IP products.

This is a hands-on customer facing technical position

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Engage with IP customers to review Serdes IP integration guidelines, provide integration training and recommendations to customer
• Help customer resolve IP integration issues including floor-plan, functional and DFT simulations, timing closure, signal & power integrity with package/board, etc.
• Conduct design integration reviews on customers' major SoC milestones through tape-out
• Help customer bring up high speed Serdes IPs on customer's SOC silicon, support customer silicon debug, and improve Serdes performance;
• Provide critical feedback to R&D team on product issues, performance and feature improvement, and drive future specifications for advanced high-speed serial links
• Generate technical specifications, datasheets, and application notes of Serdes IP product
• Key contributor to R&D team to define and develop high speed SerDes IP product specifications

• M.S. Electrical/Computer Engineering (or similar degree)
• 5+ years of relevant experience working with high-speed SerDes and PHYs
• Familiar with high-speed Serdes and serial link architecture, circuit blocks, and performance matrix
• Familiar with SOC full chip integration design flows and issues, especially on mixed signal PHY integration
• Strong ability to analyze and resolve IP integration issues related to RTL, physical, or CAD tools
• Knowledge and experience with SOC design tools such as Digital and Analog simulations, a static timing analysis, physical verification, DFT requirement and methodology, etc.
• Knowledge and experience with advanced process technology nodes (7nm and below) a plus
• Proficient in automation scripting tools like Perl or others
• Hands on post-silicon experience with high speed Serdes bring-up, debug, and system level testing highly preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills