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Silicon Support Team Engineer

THE ROLE:

AMD is searching for a Silicon Support Engineer to join a highly visible and influential team of physical interface experts concentrated on the integration and support of SERDES  interfaces across the spectrum of AMD products. The team works across a large swath of AMD teams as well as with IP vendors and AMD customers and is instrumental in the delivery of leading-edge, high-speed interface capabilities.

THE PERSON:

The ideal candidate is motivated by participating in a broad range of AMD’s business. The candidate will enjoy working with technical people across a variety of AMD design and test teams, as well as IP vendor and possibly AMD customer teams, and thinks of himself/herself as a problem solver.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide systems engineering and post-silicon support for SerDes interface IP

  • New product bring-up support from first-silicon in the lab through initial production

  • Triage observations from silicon validation, and help debug issues with ATE, Platform, Firmware, and characterization/compliance teams

• Provide expertise and support in silicon design, process and integration flows for SerDes  Interface IP

  • Pre-Silicon engagement with internal and external PHY design teams, Platform, ATE, IP design, and Firmware teams.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and pronounced attention to details

• Good teamwork and communications skills

• Experience in the semiconductor industry doing analog mixed-signal circuit design and/or test and debug, especially in the area of wireline communications

• High-speed I/O SerDes design knowledge, e.g. understanding of CDR, PLL/DLL, driver, receiver, VREG architectures and circuits

• Working knowledge of signal and power integrity, as well as package/PCB design

• Familiarity with wireline data communications standards for PCIe, USB, Ethernet, etc.

• Basic understanding of Verilog RTL, digital circuits, as well as a general knowledge of the backend implementation and physical IC design flow

• Familiarity with the range of design areas and tools, (HSPICE, PrimeTime, etc.) and understanding of design/technology interactions

• Python and/or Perl programming desirable. Should be familiar with UNIX environment.

• Laboratory experience and/or understanding of usage of equipment such as oscilloscopes, JBERTs, protocol analyzers, etc.

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