R&D Engineering Scientist

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering

In short

Synopsys is looking for an experienced R&D Engineering Scientist in Sunnyvale, California to architect high-speed serial links, focusing on PHY and SerDes technologies like 112 Gb/s and 224 Gb/s PAM4. This full-time role involves defining architectures, leading calibration strategies, and collaborating across multiple engineering teams to ensure silicon success.

Responsibilities

Own the PHY architecture, including protocols, data rates, BER, and PPA targets.
Define data-path and clocking architectures, including modulation, equalization, FEC placement, ADC-DSP, PLL, and CDR.
Lead calibration and adaptation strategies across process, voltage, temperature, and channel conditions.
Allocate power, area, performance, and latency across analog, digital, and package components.
Develop block specifications that engineering teams can implement and verify.
Close the end-to-end link budget across the transmitter, package, channel, and receiver.
Define architecture sign-off, modeling, observability, and silicon bring-up requirements, including loopback, PRBS, eye scan, and calibration access.
Align standards, signal and power integrity, package, and program teams on guaranteed IP performance.

Requirements

Strong architectural knowledge of 112 Gb/s and 224 Gb/s PAM4 serial links.
Expertise in link budgeting, insertion and return loss, crosstalk, jitter, BER, channel operating margin, and FEC coding gain.
Deep knowledge of CTLE, FFE, DFE, ADC-DSP, PLL, CDR, adaptation, and calibration.
Experience with channel and behavioral modeling, process-corner analysis, and analog, digital, and package PPA tradeoffs.
Silicon bring-up and debug experience using PRBS, loopback, eye scan, and calibration capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to write clear technical specifications and explain architecture decisions to technical, program, and customer audiences.

Desired Qualifications

A systems thinker who connects circuit-level decisions to end-to-end link performance.
A collaborative technical leader who works effectively across disciplines and geographies.
A clear communicator who translates complex tradeoffs into actionable decisions.
A pragmatic problem solver focused on quality, performance, and silicon success.

Benefits

Competitive salaries.
Annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses may be eligible.
Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits.
Medical and healthcare plans.
ETO and FTO Programs.
Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance.
ESPP to purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount.
Retirement Plans.

Skills

AIMLGenAICloudPHYSerDesPAM4CTLEFFEDFEADC-DSPPLLCDRFECPRBS

#Engineering#R&D#PHY#SerDes#High-speed serial links#PAM4#Link budgeting#Silicon design

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