Senior Serdes System Design Engineer/Architect (DSP/Systems Design)

Location: USA-TX-Austin - River Place B7; onsite role.

Annual base salary: USD 143,800.00–230,000.00. Additional discretionary annual bonus and equity awards may be available.

Company

hirify.global develops high-speed Serdes products and physical-layer solutions for wireline communications.

What you will do

• Develop channel models, run system-level simulations, and define Serdes architectures for 100G+ products.
• Define and document signal-processing block requirements, architectures, and laboratory test plans.
• Develop bit-exact MATLAB and C/C++ system models for simulation and verification.
• Collaborate with analog and digital designers on implementation in advanced silicon technology nodes and perform vector-matching verification with RTL simulations.
• Develop, test, and debug physical-layer firmware; conduct laboratory testing and debug of Serdes.
• Support IEEE and OIF standards work, documentation and application-note development, customer support, and customer-facing marketing activities.

Requirements

• B.S.E.E. with 12+ years of relevant experience or M.S.E.E. with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Expert knowledge of communication theory and digital signal-processing algorithms.
• Working knowledge of analog circuit behavior, transmission-line theory, and S-parameters.
• Expert proficiency in MATLAB and C/C++ programming.
• Good hands-on laboratory skills.

Nice to have

• Experience designing high-speed Clock and Data Recovery PLLs.
• Experience with equalization techniques for wireline communication applications such as read-channel systems.
• RTL coding experience.
• Knowledge of IEEE 802.3/OIF 100G/200G/400G Serdes standards and PCIe Gen6/Gen7 standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) participation with company matching and an Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• Employee Assistance Program, company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation time, and applicable paid family leave and other leaves of absence.
• Discretionary annual bonus, competitive new-hire equity grant, and annual equity awards, subject to plan documents and award agreements.