Signal Integrity Engineer Job Description
Signal integrity engineer
provides design guideline and support to system architecture design, board layout, product bring up, debug, validation, and factory builds.
Signal Integrity Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Model/design high-density I/O's on PCBs, packages, connectors and probe cards with respect to parameters such as reflections, bandwidth, and crosstalk
Lead to create and execute signal/power integrity simulation plans
You will also be called on to support the debugging of any subsequent issues over the life of the product
Interacts cross function teams like silicon circuit design, package design, board design, board fabricators, etc, for ensuring the proper implementation of high speed interfaces such as UPI, DDR, PCIe, SATA/SAS, and system SI for clocks, power
Working productively and seamlessly as a member of a skilled team of Signal Integrity design and test professionals
Creating test plans and performing tests as per industry standards
Developing test procedures for Signal Integrity testing
Debugging test setups
Reworking PCBs
Maintaining suitable test equipment
Signal Integrity Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Signal Integrity Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the signal integrity engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Design, Engineering, Science, Electronics Engineering, Communication, Computer Science, Math, Technical
Skills for Signal Integrity Engineer
Desired skills for signal integrity engineer include:
E.M
Electrical package design techniques
Printed Circuit Board layout
System level power integrity and budgeting
DisplayPort
AMI models and tools
Thunderbolt
ADS
Crosstalk
DDR4 simulation methodology and timing analysis
Desired experience for signal integrity engineer includes:
Minimum of six month experience with at least one applicable simulation tool such as HSpice, Cadence Allegro SI, HFSS
Minimum of six month experience with analog circuit concepts
Experience in performing TDR measurements is a plus
Experience with a scripting languages, such as Perl, is a plus
You must possess a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline with more than three years of experience in the SI field
Strong Knowledge of electrical circuits
Signal Integrity Engineer Examples
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Signal Integrity Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of signal integrity engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for signal integrity engineer
- Design PDN and develop package design guidelines, board design guidelines
- Model/design power distribution on PCBs, packages, connectors and probe cards
- Perform lab measurements and correlate to simulation refine future models
- Generatat specifications and solutions to PCB and package layout based on Signal Integrity
- Support probe card development activities
- Demonstrate and advice in terms of SI and/or EMC performance to internal (sales and marketing) and external customers, the optimal use of the by our engineers developed products in their product applications
- Design stackups SI rules
- Work with hardware architecture team, board designers, and optical components groups to establish interface specifications, and determine design and validation methodologies
- Work with internal engineering groups and external ASIC vendors to specify and validate ultra-high speed SERDES performance
- Work with hardware architecture team / board designers and connector vendors to recommend high speed, control and power connectors for high performance circuit packs
Qualifications for signal integrity engineer
- Degree of Ph
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as TDR*, VNA*, digital scopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters
- Knowledgeable in PCB layout process and methodology
- The ideal candidate should be familiar with signal and power integrity issues of high speed serial interfaces, worked the actual product package/board design and analysis, SI/PI methodology development, and lab correlation/validation of the simulation results
- The ideal candidate should be familiar with signal and power integrity issues of memory interfaces, worked the actual product package/board design and analysis, PI/SI methodology development, and lab correlation/validation of the simulation results
- Experience with Frequency domain analysis for signaling and power delivery understanding the sources of jitter and reduction techniques
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of signal integrity engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for signal integrity engineer
- Model the electrical communications channel to determine component specification requirements and design rules
- Specify PCB materials and stackup for high performance and manufacturability
- Measure and validate performance against simulations
- Collaborate with circuit design, packaging, board design and product teams to define and implement system interconnect technologies for the next-generation high speed serial bus interface
- Condcut signal integrity and power integrity analysis for high speed serial link
- Research on advanced simulation and characterization methodologies for high-speed interface of 25G and higher
- Deliver signal integrity simulation report, compliance test evaluation, customer design guidelines and package technology requirement
- Develop hardware reference design to meet automotive application requirement
- Review and optimize package and PCB design to ensure signal and power integrity
- Support board-level design engineers by providing signal and power integrity guidance and recommendations
Qualifications for signal integrity engineer
- The candidate should have the ability to develop SI test plans, analyze SI test data, write SI test specifications/procedures and interpret SI standards for different interfaces
- Ability to work with ambiguities is a must
- The candidate must pursuing BS degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Minimum 3 months experience with circuit design, electrical validation, signal and power integrity, IC packaging and board design
- Experience with high speed I/O interfaces, , DDR, PCIe,MIPI,Sata,SAS
- Experience uusing at least one time-domain and one frequency-domain tool such as Hspice, SiSoft, Sigrity, HFSS and Microwave Studio, PI software such as Power SI
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of signal integrity engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for signal integrity engineer
- Lead or co-lead signal integrity work for ASIC, PHY and FPGA devices
- Lead or co-lead signal integrity work for next generation CABU PCB boards
- Analyze the power delivery network for critical high-speed interfaces on the system board
- Work with a cutting edge DDR4/5 product design team to simulate, analyze and improve the signal integrity and power integrity performance of chip, package and board
- Align and trade off the SI/PI design target with cross function team
- Create simulation bench to perform pre-layout and post-layout simulation of signal integrity and power integrity
- Extract the S parameter/RLC/TLine model, according to specific accuracy, bandwidth and simulation time requirement
- Lab measurement to verify the SI/PI performance and trouble shooting
- Responsible for Signal Integrity and Power Integrity simulations at feasibility, pre-layout, post-layout phases of product design
- Responsible for end-to-end channel simulations for multi gigabit serial lines like 28Gbps, 56Gbps and beyond
Qualifications for signal integrity engineer
- Must have a BS degree in Electrical Engineering or related fields
- Deep knowledge on transmission line theory, electromagnetic field theory and time & frequency domain analysis
- Experiences with High Speed digital board design
- Lab measurement experience with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and VNAs
- Creative, willing to look into new technology & areas
- Fluent verbal communications in both Chinese and English
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Signal Integrity Engineer Job Description
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Our company is looking to fill the role of signal integrity engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for signal integrity engineer
- Test Equipment and Methods Standardization
- Provide Electrical & Environmental Test Support for NPI
- Leading interconnect development "KIT" Signal Integrity teams, engaging with Silicon designers, Platform designers, Package designers, AE teams, external customer design teams
- Electrical modeling and simulation of high speed differential IO interconnects, such as PCIe, ENET, UPI, SATA, and USB
- Development of package and platform routing guidelines
- Definition and evaluation of circuit design features required to support interconnect performance requirements
- Write with clarity detailed HW specifications, SI simulation and measurement test plans, and test reports
- Drive PCB placement and layout for robust SI performance
- Design, layout, and characterize high speed Integrated SerDes circuits in various channel environments spanning multiple PCBs and high speed connectors
- Evaluate SerDes interconnect PHY topologies, transmitter and receiver capabilities, parameter tuning, and related clocking / power supply considerations to meet critical performance and robustness objectives
Qualifications for signal integrity engineer
- The candidate must have system level serdes design and analysis skills
- The candidate should be able to model physical signaling channels
- Excellent documentation and communication skills, ability to work independently, a desire to mentor, and demonstrated ability to innovate are required
- Experience with GPL (graphical programming language) concepts (graphical boxes/icons inter-connected by lines) that are used in such products as Microsoft’s VPL (Visual Programming Language), National Instruments’ Lab-View or Keysight Technologies’ VEE (Visual Engineering Environment)
- Extensive knowledge of signal and power integrity
- Hands on person who can extract package & PCB models and run time-domain simulation tools such as HSPICE
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Our company is looking for a signal integrity engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for signal integrity engineer
- Drive supplier collaborations to optimize for SI performance
- Work with EMI compliance engineers and define PCB design rules for EMI
- Lead a small team of 2 – 3 Signal Integrity engineers and consultants
- Scope a project and technically manage it across organizational boundaries
- As a Signal Integrity Engineer, you will be a key technical contributor in the hardware team, designing & validating signal-integrity solutions for enterprise grade networking products
- Responsibilities include providing robust and cost-effective signal integrity solutions, performing signal integrity analysis, simulations, design of experiments and verification using state-of-the-art tools and methods
- You are expected to familiarise with network switch architecture, internal signal Integrity methodology and approach
- You are responsible to solve issues, drive completion of scheduled deliverables, collaboratively network and be a role model and technical resource in your area of specialisation
- Program, design and develop advanced FPGA solutions for the next-generation DDR5, PCIe Gen5 prototyping systems and proven-of-concept platforms
- Collaborate with circuit design, packaging, board design and product teams to define and implement system interconnect technologies for the next-generation high speed parallel bus interface
Qualifications for signal integrity engineer
- Extensive knowledge in high-speed serial links, and serdes technologies
- Expertise in extracting S-parameters or lumped models from packages and PCBs, converting it into Spice and/or behavioral compatible circuit models, and assessing the performance in the frequency- and time-domain using simulation tools
- Experience in simulation tools such Sigrity, Ansys, Sisoft, Hspice
- Experience in design, simulation, debug and analysis of parallel interfaces such as PCIx, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, RGMII, QRGMII
- Strong problem solving skills and multi-tasking skills
- GPS experience