Optical SerDes Validation engineer - CA, San Jose, United States
Originally posted 2 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing characterization and validation test solutions for optical links and electrical SerDes validation within the SerDes Technology team.
What you'll do
- Validate and characterize AMD's optical SerDes link functionality and performance against design targets, product requirements, datasheet, and industry standards.
- Troubleshoot optical link issues and determine root cause, providing feedback for design improvements.
- Collaborate with architects, design engineers, and application engineers to validate and characterize optical modules and interfaces.
- Ensure and enhance optical link performance (extinction ratio, TDECQ, eye/BER) over optical channels compliant to relevant industry standards.
- Develop test automations with scripting and programming skills to improve test and data analysis efficiency and coverage.
What you'll need
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- Experience with optical lab instruments such as DCA, Tunable Filter, PDFA, OSA.
- Experience testing/characterizing optical transceivers, pluggable modules, or co-packaged optics.
- Experience in mixed signal analysis and issue debug across optical domains.
- Experience in scripting test automation, demo GUI, customer supporting scripts.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-speed scopes, BERT, VNA, or other electrical lab equipment.
- Experience in SerDes electrical compliance for industry standards such as PCIe, Ethernet.
- Understanding of Signal Integrity and/or Power Integrity.
- Familiarity with advanced data post-processing techniques.
This role has been open 7 days — well below the 50-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
939
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$157k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (939 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 44 | 939 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 406 | 6078 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 62 d | 50 d (+12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $157k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 70 open roles · median 27 d
- KLA Corporation · 57 open roles · median 41 d
- NVIDIA · 53 open roles · median 63 d
- Teradyne · 47 open roles · median 21 d
- Applied Materials · 46 open roles · median 58 d
- AMD (this employer) · 44 open roles · median 61 d
How we counted: 939 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.