SerDes Application Engineer
Core
Owner of technical aspects and high-speed serial IO interfaces for Broadcom's Core Switching Group products, supporting Tier 1 customers in Service Provider, Data Center, and Enterprise markets.
Role type
Senior IC SerDes Applications Engineer
Builds
High-speed Ethernet and PCIe switch products (e.g., Tomahawk 6) for scale-up and scale-out AI networks
Domain
Semiconductor / High-speed serial IO / Data Center Networking
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
High-speed SerDes architecture, high-speed debug and characterization, script-based test automation, channel loss and jitter analysis, PAM4 Ethernet interfaces, PCIe Gen6 interfaces
Preferred skills
High-speed oscilloscope and BERT usage, test and screening methodology for high-speed interfaces, Ethernet and PCIe interface support
Technologies
Tomahawk 6, 100G/200G SerDes, CPO, PCIe Gen6, PAM4
Responsibilities
Support architecture and low-level hardware questions, replicate field issues in the lab, troubleshoot challenging hardware issues, perform customer demos and presentations, develop and maintain technical documentation, provide expert support to Field Applications Engineering, debug SerDes software driver bugs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC