About the role
This role owns and executes high-speed Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Distribution Network (PDN) simulations and validation.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with EE, System, and Package engineers to define electrical performance related to SI, PI, EMI, and EMC.
- Develop engineering test plans and methodologies for SI and PI simulation, including modelling of power networks, parasitics, impedance-controlled transmission lines, vias, connectors, sockets, and system components.
- Validate power and signal integrity in laboratory settings, ensuring alignment with design specifications and simulation outcomes.
- Analyze simulation and lab data to identify design issues and propose corrective actions.
- Support multiple projects concurrently to ensure timely completion of design and validation tasks.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with at least 8 years of experience.
- Proficiency with Ansys SIwave, Ansys HFSS, Altium 365, Cadence Sigrity, and Keysight ADS.
- Experience in design of complex SoCs, PMICs, mixed-signal analog/digital designs for sensors and high-speed interfaces such as LPDDR4/4x, MIPI, 10G Ethernet, and PCIe Gen 2/3.
- Experience with system-level timing and loss budget including silicon, package, and board impairments.
- Experience with lab measurements, debugging, and SI correlations using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzer, VNA, and TDR.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree with additional experience.
- Experience in substrate design and packaging technology.
- Familiarity with device packaging processes such as die attach, flip chip, and wire bonding.
- Data analysis experience with tools such as JMP or Excel.
- Programming and software maintenance skills such as Python or C++.
Skills: signal integrity, power integrity, PDN simulation, PCIe, LPDDR, EMC
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This role has been open 135 days — well above the 93-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
97
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Median days open
93 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$196k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lyte AI | All employers we track in this specialty (97 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 97 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 23 | 6531 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 135 d | 93 d (+42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $196k |
Skills observed across this category: signal integrity, power integrity, PDN simulation, PCIe, LPDDR, EMC
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 20 open roles · median 136 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 184 d
- AMD · 7 open roles · median 52 d
- Intel Corporation · 5 open roles · median 26 d
- Astera Labs · 4 open roles · median 52 d
- Graphcore · 4 open roles · median 22 d
How we counted: 97 open Hardware Systems Engineering (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 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.