High-Speed Signal Integrity & Power Integrity Validation Engineer
AMD Santa Clara, CA Full-time 3/31/2026 $221.4k - $332k per year
Master's Entry-Level
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•FY 2025Job Description
Join AMD's hardware engineering team to validate and optimize next-generation high-speed interconnects for AI, data center, and networking platforms. You will work in a lab environment, collaborating with various teams to ensure exceptional signal and power integrity performance while innovating in electrical and optical interconnect technologies.
Requirements
- Strong background in high-speed SI/PI validation, characterization, or simulation
- Proficiency with measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, VNAs, TDRs, BERTs)
- Familiarity with simulation and analysis tools such as Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS/SIwave, Mentor HyperLynx, or CST
- Understanding of transmission line theory, SerDes architectures, and channel modeling
- Experience with PCIe, Ethernet, or xGMI interconnect standards
- Exposure to optical transceiver validation, CPO/CPC, or Linear Drive Optics
- Scripting or automation experience (Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW)
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute SI/PI validation for next-generation interconnects (PCIe Gen6/7, 224G Ethernet, optical/copper channels)
- Perform end-to-end measurements including eye diagram, jitter, insertion loss, and return loss using oscilloscopes, VNAs, and TDRs
- Develop comprehensive lab validation plans for connectors, cables, and PCB interconnects, ensuring compliance and reliability
- Collaborate with hardware, layout, and packaging teams to provide actionable design feedback and drive SI/PI improvements
- Partner with silicon, firmware, and platform validation teams to optimize overall system-level performance
- Investigate and evaluate future interconnect technologies including CPO/CPC and 400G+ solutions
- Debug and resolve board- and system-level SI/PI issues, performing detailed root cause analysis and recommending mitigations
Benefits
- AMD provides a competitive 'Total Rewards' package that focuses on financial growth, health, and work-life balance.
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