Senior Signal Integrity Engineer

This position will provide support to new product development, engineering, sales and marketing, and customers by advising in the areas of high-speed signal transmission and technology development, in accordance with department strategy and objectives in terms of quality and delivery time.

Define, plan, and execute signal integrity deliverables, including modeling, simulation, and testing.  Communicate SI deliverables via reports and presentations.

Location Etters, PA.  This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

New Product Development Support:

• Utilize 2D, 3D, and full-wave electromagnetic field solvers to model connector structures.
• Utilize Iconsim, SPICE, ADS and other simulation tools to predict electrical performance of connectors, backplane links and cable assemblies.
• Work closely with product development engineers to refine concepts into product designs that are optimized electrically and mechanically.
• Design high-speed test boards for use in conducting electrical characterization tests.
• Perform high-speed/high frequency testing of interconnects using state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, including vector network analyzers, time-domain reflectometers, digital sampling scopes, and bit-error-rate test systems.
• Produce technical reports that document predicted and/or measured performance of products.
• Participate in project team meetings and ensure availability of all SI-related deliverables.
• Generate new transmission line technologies and solutions for higher-speed electrical performance of connectors and cable assemblies.

Customer Support:

• Produce customer S-parameter models of new products.
• Perform SI measurements and/or simulations with test reports in response to a specific customer question or concern, within the timeframe promised to the customer.
• Interact directly with customers to understand their questions and to communicate solutions.

Marketing & Sales Support:

• Produce S-parameter models of new products to support sales and marketing.
• Develop simulation and test reports to support sales and marketing.
• Develop technical presentations to support new product introductions.
• Support the marketing effort of new products by making technical presentations at potential customer sites.

Capability and Competency Research and Development:

• Keep abreast of new technology and customer requirements via literature, patents and trade shows.
• Keep abreast of competitor's technology via literature, patents and trade shows.
• Participate in competitive analyses via SI measurement and/or simulation.
• Advise project teams in the signal integrity aspects of connector and cable assembly design.
• Analyze, improve, optimize and automate existing SI simulation methods and procedures in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the work performed by Signal Integrity Engineers.
• Analyze, improve, optimize and automate existing SI measurement methods and procedures in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the work performed by Signal Integrity Engineers.
• Assess the value, feasibility, and need of new SI simulation software and test systems for use by Signal Integrity Engineers.
• Assess the value, feasibility, and need of new SI test equipment for use in Signal Integrity Laboratories

New Technology Research:

• Investigate the limits of new high-speed connector technologies.
• Predict the impact of new high-speed connector technologies on future specifications and products.

Communication:

• Requestors of SI Support (Project Managers, Engineering colleagues, Engineering Management, Sales and Marketing)
• Regional/Global Signal Integrity teams
• Regional/Global Development Engineering groups
• Engineering groups from manufacturing sites
• Customers
• International SI community

Leadership:

• Act as technical representative on various industry standards committees.
• Lead the signal integrity efforts in support of assigned projects, including planning the necessary SI activities and overseeing SI Engineers who are assisting.

Qualifications: 

Education:

• Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field and
  2+ years of current experience in interconnect signal integrity measurement and/or simulation

OR

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field and
  5+ years of experience in interconnect signal integrity measurement and/or simulation