Serdes Circuit Design Engineer

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Bangalore, India

Design, develop, and optimize high-speed SerDes circuits for Intel's next-generation technologies, collaborating with cross-functional teams and supporting silicon validation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design, develop, and optimize analog circuits for high-performance and high-speed Ethernet SerDes applications.
  2. Perform circuit design, floor planning, and simulation using advanced tools to develop accurate analog behavior models.
  3. Evaluate circuit functionality and develop methodologies to optimize power, performance, area, timing, and yield goals.
  4. Collaborate with architecture, layout, and validation teams to ensure circuits meet functionality and electrical robustness requirements.
  5. Support silicon validation, lab measurements, and debug pre- and post-silicon issues for analog and mixed-signal circuits.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field
  • 9+ years of experience
  • Designing high-speed circuits such as transmitters, receivers, clocking circuits, PLLs
  • Technical execution and leadership in high speed SerDes
  • CMOS design, RC circuits, and high-speed circuit design principles
  • Industry analog and mixed-signal design tools such as HSPICE, and MATLAB
  • Advanced FinFET CMOS process technologies
  • High-speed communication standards such as Ethernet
  • Debug and validate circuits during silicon and system-level testing

Nice to have

  • Masters with 7+ years of experience or Ph.D with 5+ years in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline
  • 224G+ SerDes architecture and development
  • Equalization techniques, channel modeling, and transmitter/receiver optimization
  • Next-generation standards and architectures
  • Work effectively in cross-functional teams and lead design decisions
  • Analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
  • Eagerness to innovate and share knowledge

What the JD emphasized

  • 9+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree
  • high-speed SerDes
  • advanced FinFET CMOS process technologies
  • high-speed communication standards such as Ethernet