Signal Integrity Engineer - SSIO

Mission:
Provide support to new product development, engineering, sales and marketing, other signal integrity teams, and customers by advising in the areas of high-speed signal transmission and technology development, in accordance with department strategy and objectives in terms of quality and delivery time.
Define, plan, and execute signal integrity deliverables, including modeling, simulation, and testing. Communicate SI deliverables via reports and presentations.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

Capability and Competency Research and Development:

• Keep abreast of new technology and customer requirements via literature, patents and trade shows.
• Keep abreast of competitor's technology via literature, patents and trade shows.
• Participate in competitive analyses via SI measurement and/or simulation.

New Technology Research:

• Investigate the limits of new high-speed connector technologies.
• Predict the impact of new high-speed connector technologies on future specifications and products.

New Product Development Support:

• Utilize 2D, 3D, and full-wave electromagnetic field solvers such as CST Studio Suite and ANSYS HFSS to model high-speed connector and cable structures.
• Utilize simulation tools to predict electrical performance of connectors, backplane links and cable assemblies. Experience with PCIe®, SFF, and SAS/SATA standards is preferred, as the role involves designing edge card connectors.
• Work closely with product development engineers to refine concepts into product designs that are optimized electrically and mechanically.
• Design high-speed test boards for use in conducting electrical characterization tests.
• Perform high-speed/high frequency testing of interconnects using state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, including vector network analyzers (VNAs), time-domain reflectometers (TDRs), digital sampling scopes, and bit-error-rate test systems.
• Produce technical reports that document predicted and/or measured performance of products.
• Participate in project team meetings and ensure availability of all SI-related deliverables.

Customer Support:

• Produce customer S-parameter models of new products.
• Generate encrypted HFSS models of high-speed connectors for customer use.
• Perform SI measurements in response to a specific customer question or concern, within the timeframe promised to the customer.
• Perform SI simulations in response to a specific customer question or concern, within the timeframe promised to the customer.
• Develop customer simulation and test reports.

Marketing and Sales Support:

• Produce S-parameter models of new products to support sales and marketing.
• Develop simulation and test reports to support sales and marketing.
• Develop technical presentations to support new product introductions. 

 Communication with:

• Requestors of SI Support (Project Managers, Engineering colleagues, Engineering Management, Sales and Marketing)
• Regional Signal Integrity teams
• Regional Development Engineering groups
• Engineering groups from manufacturing sites
• Customers
• International SI community

Leadership:

• Act as technical representative on various industry standards committees such as PCISIG.

Qualifications :

    EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics or a related technical field with 5+ years of current industry experience.
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or a related technical field with 2+ years of current industry experience.