12+ years in high-speed interconnect technologies like retimer and coherent optics.
Experience in a senior role such as System Architect or Chief Architect on products 100G/lane or more.
Has authored specifications for both product and silicon in a commercial environment.
Fluency with PAM4 link training, FEC, and on-die telemetry specifications.
Knowledgeable in traceability tools like DOORS or JAMA.
Responsibilities
Own the SoC and Product Specification stack for a 1.6T retimer SoC.
Author and maintain normative specifications for various engineering teams.
Ensure compliance with standards like IEEE 802.3ck and OIF CEI-112G.
Negotiate customer specifications with hyperscalers and strategic partners.
Oversee qualification test point and thermal envelope commitments.
Benefits
Opportunities for professional growth in cutting-edge technology.
Engagement with high-profile customers and strategic platforms.
Work alongside experts in high-speed interconnect fields.
Exposure to various engineering disciplines and collaboration across teams.
Full Job Description
Own the SoC and Product Specification stack for a 1.6T retimer SoC and the AEC product it enables, at 224G/lane PAM4.
You will author and maintain normative specifications (SHALL/MUST/SHOULD/MAY language with REQ-ID traceability) that RTL, firmware, software, SI/PI, manufacturing, qualification, and customer engineering teams execute against.
You will represent architecture in hyperscaler and strategic platform customer specification negotiation, including qualification test point, FEC telemetry, CMIS vendor-page, and thermal envelope commitments. Required:
12+ years in shipping high-speed interconnect (retimer, gearbox, PHY, AEC, AOC, coherent optics, SerDes-centric networking silicon).
Prior System Architect, Chief Architect, or Principal Systems Engineer role on a shipping 100G/lane or higher product.
Direct authorship of at least one product spec and one silicon spec on a shipping product.
PAM4 link training, FEC, and on-die telemetry fluency at the specification level.
