- Arden Hills, Minnesota, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Mid
- $114K–$183K per year
- 3+ years
Own signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) for printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) in our digital instruments, from pre-layout modeling and simulation through lab correlation and production release, and design selected functional circuit blocks.
Compensation
The base salary range for this role is $114,000 – 182,500.
Responsibilities
- Conduct signal integrity and power integrity (SI/PI) simulation and evaluation
- Own pre- and post-layout SI simulation for interfaces including I2C/SPI/JTAG, DDR, Ethernet, PCIe Gen 1–7 (up to 128 GT/s), and proprietary links, covering NRZ and PAM4 channel loss budgets, crosstalk, jitter/eye, impedance, and connector, via, and BGA breakout optimization
- Execute power integrity evaluation, including power distribution network (PDN) impedance, IR drop, and decoupling selection
- Model and correlate the full tester-to-DUT signal path (instrument, interconnect, DIB/loadboard, socket) against VNA, TDR, and BERT/sampling-scope measurements
- Work closely with Hardware, Firmware, Software, Mechanical, and Test engineers to turn instrument requirements into design guidelines and constraints
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Nice to have: 2D/3D model extraction
- Nice to have: Gerber/ODB++ artwork review
- Nice to have: PAM4 channel analysis