Semiconductor Design Engineer

Opportunity Overview

The Teradyne Hardware Engineering team is looking for a highly-motivated, energetic, technically driven Hardware Architect to focus on the development of high speed serial device automated test equipment products. Development occurs in a dynamic and challenging multi-site development environment.  

• Work with customers, in collaboration with marketing and system engineering, to define product requirements. 

• Collaborate with systems engineering to develop product architectures based on customer requirements. 

• Define and execute prototyping and characterization experiments. 

• Work with the HW, LD and SW teams to document and implement test products. 

• Act as technical lead for project teams, directing/mentoring junior engineers. 

• Hands-on execution of product integration and verification testing and debug. 

• Provide technical customer support on released products as required. 

All About You

• Expert knowledge of the PHY and link layers of one or more of the following high speed serial protocols: MIPI C/D-PHY, DisplayPort, PCIe, 10/100/400GE. 

• Experience developing products that run at link rates in excess of 10Gbps. 

• Experience with automated test equipment (ATE) systems, semiconductor device testing, probe cards and DUT interface boards. 

• Solid understanding of high speed signal integrity/transmission line theory including: equalization, clock and data recovery, encoding, pre/post emphasis, impedance matching, eye scan etc. 

• Familiarity with CMOS Image Sensor devices. 

• Experience with RTL coding in Verilog and digital simulation/verification. 

• Deep understanding of FPGA high speed serial transceivers from both Xilinx and Altera. 

• Experience with FPGA development tools to perform floor-planning, place and route, static timing analysis, internal logic analyzer insertion and bitfile generation. 

• Printed circuit board design experience: schematic capture, PCB layout and lab validation. 

• Familiarity with low noise analog circuit design techniques is a plus. 

• Technologies: Xilinx and/or Intel FPGAs. PCIe, AXI, DDRx, SERDES, USB, I2C, SPI, 10/100GE, PLL, HBM, DLL, MIPI, DisplayPort, PRBS. 

• Languages: Expertise in Verilog and a scripting language (Python, TCL, PERL…) required. Familiarity with System Verilog, UVM, VHDL, C,  C++ preferred. 

• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux 

• Development Tools: Cadence(Xcellium), Synopsys(Spyglass CDC/LINT), Xilinx(Vivado), Intel(Quartus), revision control tools(Clearcase, GIT, SVN), bug tracking tools(JIRA or other), continuous integration development methodologies and tools. Cadence(Allegro) schematic capture and layout. 

• Test equipment: Oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, BERT, AWG, VNA. 

• Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and problem solving skills. 

• Experience working in cross-functional teams designing complex systems 

• Solid verbal, written and presentation skills. 

• Commitment to excellence, efficiency, and product quality 

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field from a top university or engineering institution.