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The Hardware Systems Engineer joins the Mac System Technology team to support system-level SerDes compliance and high-speed IO validation across all Mac programs. This role involves managing the end-to-end compliance process for portable and desktop products, including flow bring, validation, and correlation. The engineer will perform debugging with hardware and system teams to resolve silicon, hardware, and tunable issues specifically for the USB-C interface. Key responsibilities include PHY adaptation validation across various channel scenarios and performing both hardware-level validation and simulation efforts. Required skills include using high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, VNA/PNA tools, and Python or C++ for automation scripts. The role focuses on technical challenges involving Thunderbolt and USB4 electrical compliance test specifications, SerDes receiver and transmitter characterization, and advanced high-speed probing techniques to ensure robust platform integration of third-party and internal IPs.
Support system-level SerDes compliance and high-speed IO validation across all Mac programs.
Execute end-to-end compliance processes for both portable and desktop hardware programs.
Debug silicon, hardware, and tunable issues specifically related to the USB-C interface.
Perform PHY adaptation validation across various channel scenarios to verify platform integration of third-party and internal IPs.
Conduct hardware-level validation and simulation efforts to correlate with physical hardware testing.
Use high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and VNA/PNA tools to analyze serial I/O signal integrity.
Develop Python or C++ scripts for automated compliance testing and high-volume eye-scan data collection.
Perform failure analysis to troubleshoot issues affecting SerDes receiver and transmitter electrical performance.
What we're looking for
Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
3 years of experience using high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and VNA/PNA to measure serial I/O signal integrity and electrical performance.
3 years of experience utilizing Thunderbolt and USB4 compliance test specifications (CTS) for high-speed serial I/O validation.
3 years of experience designing and implementing stress testing methodologies for high-speed serial I/O interfaces.
3 years of experience executing SerDes receiver electrical validation, including adaptive equalization, clock recovery, and jitter measurement.
3 years of experience using Python or C++ to develop automation scripts for compliance testing and data collection.
3 years of experience performing failure analysis and hardware debug to troubleshoot SerDes performance issues.