Product Development Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING 

At AMD, our mission is to build great products that accelerate next-generation computing experiences—from AI and data centers, to PCs, gaming and embedded systems. Grounded in a culture of innovation and collaboration, we believe real progress comes from bold ideas, human ingenuity and a shared passion to create something extraordinary. When you join AMD, you’ll discover the real differentiator is our culture. We push the limits of innovation to solve the world’s most important challenges—striving for execution excellence, while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. Join us as we shape the future of AI and beyond.  Together, we advance your career.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops characterization and silicon validation plans for high speed transceivers
• Defines methodologies for characterization and silicon validation of high speed serial systems
• Characterize high speed SERDES with automated flows
• Data analysis and create characterization reports
• Correlation of pre-silicon results with silicon measurements
• Drives direct and cross-functional teams to expand capability, productivity and effectiveness to deliver improvements in cost, quality and manufacturability

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in characterizing PLL, CDR, TX/RX analog front-end
• PLL phase noise measurement, transmitter output jitter measurement, receiver jitter tolerance measurement
• Hands on experience in laboratory environment, using lab equipment such as sampling oscilloscope, high performance BERT, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, BERT scopes, function/pulse generator
• Experience in transceiver electrical compliance testing (PCIE, IEEE 802.3, OIF-CEI)
• Experience in using automated methodologies to maximize use of equipment
• Experience working with FPGA and/or SOC Architectures
• Understanding of PCB schematic and layout
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and debugging skills
• Experience in protocol testing (PCIE, SATA, SGMII, 100GBASE-X)
• Skills: Verilog, Python, Perl, TCL

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

BSEE/MSEE with extensive experience in product characterization or validation field

LOCATION:

San Jose, CA

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.