Sr Staff Application Engineer
Pavia, Italy €75,000 to €110,000 + Bonus + SIGNING BONUS + Paid Relocation
Responsibilities:
* Support internal or external teams on system-level debugging.
* Analyze bring-up, debug, and characterize silicon-level internal IPs such as High-Speed SerDes, for various semiconductor products.
* Evaluate and debug new features in PHY, develop driver firmware, collect performance data, and resolve application and production issues, including Ethernet and PCIe products.
* Provide direct technical support to top-tier customers and work with them to review designs, discuss questions, and help tune performance to meet system requirements.
* Develop and execute bench-level validation test plans and develop scripts in Python, VBA, and MATLAB to automate testing.
* Generate appropriate test reports and write application notes.
* Provide technical support to customers for resolving technical issues and for furnishing collateral documentation related to technical matters.
* Act as a primary technical interface between the company and customers.
* Qualify design activity at the customer engineering level and participate in the definition of new products and the identification of niche areas that present new opportunities.
* Location: Pavia, Italy.
* Work Model: Full-time, on-site.
What We're Looking For
* Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering/Science or related technical field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering is preferable.
* Strong fundamentals of communication, transmission lines, EM, microwave theories.
* Test script generation in Python, VBA, MATLAB, or other languages.
* Debugging using equipment like Oscilloscope (Keysight, Tektronix, Teledynelecroy), TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer, Tektronix), VNA (Vector Network Analyzer, Agilent), Logic Analyzer (Tektronix, Agilent).
* Bench analysis using equipment like BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester, Keysight, Anritsu) or AWG (Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Tektronix) is a plus.
* Performing 5G, 10G, 25G NRZ, and 53G PAM-4 Transmitter Compliance test measurements using IEEE Compliant HCB (Host Compliance Board) test fixture is a plus.
* Performing electrical compliance testing for PCIe Gen4/5 using PCI-SIG Compliance boards is a plus.
* Experience and knowledge of high-speed SerDes Printed Circuit Board design and system application.
* Creating and performing validation test cases and generating reports including the gathered data and target results.
* Attitude to interact with remote teams.
* Willing to travel.
* Fluent in English, both spoken and written.
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