Third-Party SerDes PHY Technical Lead - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 31 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading the integration and support of third-party SERDES interfaces across AMD products. The position focuses on high-speed physical interface (PHY) and mixed-signal IP specialists.
What you'll do
- Serve as the technical owner for third-party SERDES IPs, providing pre-silicon and post-silicon technical leadership.
- Work with third-party IP vendors to support design transfer, collateral release, and IP integration.
- Partner with integration teams to ensure electrical, logical, and physical quality during IP integration.
- Support package and PCB design teams with signal integrity and power integrity analyses.
- Perform technical evaluations of new IP for potential licensing.
- Provide post-silicon support including first silicon bring-up, debug, ATE production testing, lab validation, characterization, and compliance testing.
What you'll need
- Expertise in third-party SERDES IP integration and support.
- Knowledge of high-speed I/O SERDES architectures and related circuit blocks (CTLE, FFE, DFE, VGA, CDR, PLL/DLL, TX drivers, EMC, GPIO).
- Experience with interface protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, USB, DisplayPort, HDMI, MIPI, or UCIe.
- Familiarity with advanced FinFET semiconductor process technologies.
- Understanding of RTL design, logic design, and digital circuits.
- Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Perl, or similar languages, and UNIX or Linux environments.
Nice to have
- Experience in semiconductor engineering with a focus on analog/mixed-signal circuit or system design, analysis, validation, testing, characterization, or debug.
- Experience using AI-assisted tools to enhance engineering workflows and productivity.
- Laboratory experience using equipment such as BERTs, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers.
Skills: third-party SERDES IP, PCIe, USB, DisplayPort/HDMI, UCIe
This role has been open 60 days — well below the 76-day median for High-Speed IO/SerDes Design roles.
High-Speed IO/SerDes Design · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
239
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Median days open
76 d
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Median salary
$177k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (239 roles · 49 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 28 | 239 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 37 | 1385 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 64 d | 76 d (−12 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $177k |
Skills observed across this category: third-party SERDES IP, PCIe, USB, DisplayPort/HDMI, UCIe
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD (this employer) · 28 open roles · median 64 d
- Synopsys · 26 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 20 open roles · median 58 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 18 open roles · median 181 d
- Apple · 12 open roles · median 7 d
- NVIDIA · 11 open roles · median 116 d
How we counted: 239 open High-Speed IO/SerDes Design (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 49 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 Sept 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.