Lattice Semiconductor

Applications Engineer

Lattice Semiconductor$90K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Solid understanding of DDR memory architectures and protocols (DDR4/DDR5 and/or LPDDR).
  • Hands-on experience supporting silicon products such as SoCs, PHYs, and controllers.
  • Strong knowledge of High Speed Serial and Parallel IO fundamentals, including Signal integrity, timing, and power integrity.
  • Experience with high-speed lab equipment like oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers.
  • Familiarity with PCB design considerations for high-speed interfaces.
  • Ability to clearly explain complex technical topics to diverse audiences.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Familiarity with memory training, calibration flows, and PHY tuning.

Responsibilities

  • Provide application support for DDR technologies and high-speed interfaces.
  • Assist in customer design-ins, focusing on interface configuration and system optimization.
  • Analyze technical issues using various lab equipment and propose corrective action plans.
  • Relay customer feedback to internal teams to assist in product development and roadmaps.
  • Support sales and marketing teams with technical guidance and best practices in system design.
  • Stay updated on JEDEC standards and industry trends related to memory and high-speed interfaces.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare and retirement plans.
  • Paid time off.
  • Potential for variable/incentive compensation.
  • Opportunity for equity participation.
Full Job Description
Job Description:
  • As a technical leader, provide applications support for DDR (e.g., DDR4 / DDR5 / LPDDR, High-Speed IOs, and interfaces (e.g., PCIe, SerDes, Ethernet, )
  • Support customer design-ins, including interface configuration, signal integrity guidance, board-level considerations, and system optimization.
  • Analyze issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and BERTs; provide clear root cause and corrective action plans.
  • Provide customer feedback to internal teams to influence product requirements, feature prioritization, and roadmap decisions.
  • Support FAE, sales, and marketing teams with technical guidance, value propositions, and contribute to best practices for DDR and HSIO system design and debug.
  • Stay current on JEDEC standards, protocol specifications, and industry trends related to memory and high-speed interfaces.

Required Skills
  • Solid understanding of DDR memory architectures and protocols (DDR4/DDR5 and/or LPDDR).
  • Hands on experience supporting silicon products (SoCs, PHYs, controllers, memory interfaces).
  • Strong knowledge of High Speed Serial and Parallel IO fundamentals, including: Signal integrity (SI), timing, jitter, noise, and power integrity (PI), Eye diagrams, timing budgets, and channel modeling
  • Experience with high speed lab equipment (oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, BERTs).
  • Familiarity with PCB design considerations for high speed interfaces (stack ups, routing, termination).
  • Ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non technical audiences.
  • Strong problem solving and analytical mindset.
  • Familiarity with memory training, calibration flows, and PHY tuning.

In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for variable/ incentive compensation and/ or equity. In addition, this role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, and more!

Additional Information:

This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in:
United States of America

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is an American manufacturer of high-performance programmable logic devices (FPGAs, CPLDs, & SPLDs). Founded in 1983, the company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and employs about 1,250 people. Lattice Semiconductor went public in 1989 and is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol LSCC. The company's products are used in communications, computing, industrial, automotive, and consumer markets.
Learn more about Lattice Semiconductor
Size
856 employees
Market Cap
$8.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$47.3 million
Founded
1983
5 Year Trend
+3.8%
Revenue
$408.1 million
NASDAQ

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