DSP Application Engineer, Staff
Core
Staff DSP Application Engineer supporting customer adoption and deployment of next-generation DSP solutions in Optical Transceivers and Active Electrical Cables (AEC) for AI and cloud infrastructure.
Role type
Staff IC DSP Application Engineer (Optical/High-Speed Connectivity)
Builds
High-speed connectivity solutions (100G/lane, 200G/lane, 400G/lane PAM4) for AI clusters, networking systems, and data center environments.
Domain
Semiconductor / Optical Communications / High-Speed Interconnects
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
PAM4 signaling, SerDes architectures, equalization techniques, optical communication systems, high-speed test equipment, Python/MATLAB scripting, system-level debug, signal integrity analysis
Preferred skills
Optical transceiver architectures (lasers, silicon photonics), IEEE Ethernet standards compliance, DSP equalization techniques (CTLE, FFE, DFE), hyperscale cloud customer support
Technologies
Optical Transceivers, Active Electrical Cables (AEC), SerDes, FPGA, DSP, Oscilloscopes, BERTs, VNAs
Responsibilities
Serve as primary technical contact for customer integration and deployment; Support system bring-up, feature enablement, and interoperability testing; Perform system-level debug involving DSPs, SerDes, firmware, and optical modules; Analyze signal integrity and link performance; Develop technical documentation and application notes.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with customer-facing responsibilities
