Distinguished Engineer, SerDes Clocking
$313,000 - $353,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 27 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Upscale AI is hiring a Distinguished Engineer, SerDes Clocking to work on high-performance infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads. The role focuses on first-principles engineering across silicon, systems, and networking.
What you'll do
- Drive technical direction and architecture for SerDes clocking across silicon and systems.
- Execute first-principles engineering on high-performance infrastructure targeting demanding AI workloads.
- Own foundational technical problems across silicon, systems, and networking with a focus on performance, scale, and execution.
What you'll need
- Deep technical expertise in SerDes clocking architectures and circuit implementation.
- Extensive background in silicon design for high-performance computing or networking systems.
- Demonstrated technical rigor and ownership across complex silicon and system-level architectures.
Skills: SerDes, clocking, AI infrastructure
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This role has been open 1 day — well below the 72-day median for High-Speed IO/SerDes Design roles.
High-Speed IO/SerDes Design · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
244
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Median days open
72 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$200k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Upscale AI | All employers we track in this specialty (244 roles · 48 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 9 | 244 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 10 | 1536 · 106 employers |
| Median days open | 6 d | 72 d (−66 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $200k |
Skills observed across this category: SerDes, clocking, AI infrastructure
Who's hiring in this category
- Synopsys · 34 open roles · median 39 d
- AMD · 28 open roles · median 46 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 21 open roles · median 143 d
- Qualcomm · 19 open roles · median 72 d
- Micron Technology · 13 open roles · median 44 d
- Apple · 9 open roles · median 27 d
How we counted: 244 open High-Speed IO/SerDes Design (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 48 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.