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Staff PCIe Analog Characterization Engineer
$198K–$268K
Chandler, Arizona · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years validating high-speed serial interfaces.
About the job
Validates and characterizes PCIe interfaces on silicon products, ensuring electrical compliance, interoperability, and performance across PCIe generations.
What you'll do
- Conduct PCIe TX/RX electrical compliance testing and characterize high-speed interfaces, debugging electrical, interoperability, and link-training issues.
- Develop validation plans, analyze results, and prepare technical reports; collaborate with engineering teams to identify root causes and improve products.
- Support PCI-SIG Compliance Workshops and product qualification activities.
What they ask for
- Strong expertise in PCI Express and experience validating high-speed serial interfaces.
- Practical PCIe TX/RX compliance testing experience, including eye diagrams, jitter analysis, equalization verification, and receiver tolerance testing.
- Strong understanding of PCIe architecture, link training, signal integrity, and high-speed electrical measurements; experience with PCIe Gen5 is required.
- Proficiency with high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, BERTs, protocol analyzers, and network analyzers; experience with PCIe conformance software and automated testing environments.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with PCIe Gen6 and Gen7.
- Programming or scripting experience with Python or similar languages for test automation.
Pay
$198,100-$268,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
PCI Express, PCIe Gen5, Gen6, Gen7, high-speed oscilloscopes, BERTs, protocol analyzers, Python
AI focus
AI is not part of the job duties. Applicants may use AI to prepare, but may not use it to complete assigned assessment tasks.
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