Transceivers & Protocol IP Application Engineer
Core
Trusted technical advisor guiding customers and partners through the full FPGA design cycle for high-speed transceiver and protocol IP solutions, from architecture selection to production readiness.
Role type
Senior IC Application Engineer (High-Speed Transceivers & Protocol IP)
Builds
FPGA-based systems utilizing high-speed serial interfaces (Ethernet, PCIe, JESD204, CPRI, etc.)
Domain
Semiconductor / High-Speed Digital Design / FPGA
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
FPGA design flows, high-speed serial interfaces, transceiver PHY concepts, clocking/PLL/CDR, RTL debugging, hardware description languages, scripting (Python/Tcl/Bash/C/C++)
Preferred skills
Altera FPGA families (Agilex/Stratix/Arria/Cyclone), board-level bring-up, eye-diagram/BER analysis, EDA tools (Quartus/ModelSim/Questa), technical documentation
Technologies
Quartus Prime, System Console, Signal Tap, Transceiver Toolkit, ModelSim, Questa, Python, Tcl, Bash, C, C++, Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL
Responsibilities
Provide expert guidance on transceiver PHYs and protocol IP; diagnose and resolve complex hardware/software issues; review customer architectures and RTL; develop debug scripts and automation; conduct technical training and workshops; collaborate on product pre-enablement and defect resolution.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC