Principal SerDes Systems Engineer
Synopsys
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5 months ago
Analog & Mixed-Signal Design
About the role
This role involves developing and maintaining SerDes system models for NRZ and PAM4 transceivers, focusing on PCIe (128Gbps+) and Ethernet (200Gbps+) standards.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain SerDes system models for NRZ and PAM4 transceivers.
- Run comprehensive system simulations to verify and sign-off design performance.
- Design and propose advanced algorithms to calibrate and adapt transceivers.
- Correlate simulated performance with silicon measurements.
- Provide expert assistance to customers for system-level performance issues and troubleshooting.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of analog, digital, and hardware engineers.
What you'll need
- M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- Strong experience modeling circuits and systems in MATLAB/Simulink.
- Expertise in designing high-speed analog CMOS circuits.
- Solid understanding of DSP and communications theory, including equalization, coding, and noise/crosstalk filtering.
- Proficiency in analyzing link budgets for NRZ and/or PAM4 high-speed serial links.
- Familiarity with wireline protocols (PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204C, CPRI) and optical protocols (LINEAR, RTLR).
- Experience with circuit topologies used in high-speed SerDes Tx/Rx and Tx/Rx equalization techniques.
- Hands-on lab testing for high-speed serial links and proficiency in C/Verilog-A/systemVerilog.
Skills: SerDes, PAM4, PCIe, Ethernet, DSP, analog CMOS circuits
Market context
This role has been open 118 days — well above the 89-day median for High-Speed IO/SerDes Design roles.
High-Speed IO/SerDes Design · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
215
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Median days open
89 d
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Median salary
$184k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Synopsys | Market (215 open roles · 44 companies) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in category | 16 | 215 |
| Median days open | 52 d | 89 d (−37 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $184k |
Skills observed across this category: SerDes, PAM4, PCIe, Ethernet, DSP, analog CMOS circuits
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 24 open roles · median 60 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 19 open roles · median 152 d
- Qualcomm · 18 open roles · median 68 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 16 open roles · median 52 d
- Broadcom · 11 open roles · median 141 d
- Micron Technology · 9 open roles · median 126 d
Based on 215 open roles at 44 companies in our index. Snapshot 9 Sept 2026.
Synopsys
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On-site
5 months ago