{"id":2877404,"url":"https://alion.io/job/microchip-technology-engineer-ii-product","title":"Engineer II- Product","company":{"id":44188,"name":"Microchip Technology","domain":"microchip.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/microchip","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":104,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":28,"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Burnaby, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":48000,"max_usd":82000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":259},"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-03T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-03","last_verified_at":"2026-10-25T14:35:02Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":53,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":53},"description":"Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.\nPeople come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognizedLeadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.\nOur company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.\nVisit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!\nJob Description:\nMicrochip is looking for a SERDES Characterization Engineer II to join our Electrical Characterization team in Burnaby, BC - a key part of our Product Engineering group. This team sits at the cutting edge of high-speed connectivity, responsible for validating and optimizing the SERDES interfaces that power our newest products. We're talking about interfaces running up to 32Gbps NRZ or 128Gbps PAM4, supporting industry-defining protocols like PCIe, CXL, and OIF. As a Characterization Engineer, you'll build automated test platforms that push SERDES performance across process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) extremes - ensuring our designs are rock-solid and ready for high-volume deployment into datacenter, automotive, and even space applications. If you're excited by the challenge of working on some of the fastest, most demanding electrical interfaces in the industry - and want to see your work ship in mission-critical systems around the world - this role is for you.\nResponsibilities:\nJoin our SERDES team at the forefront of high-speed connectivity design. You'll work hand-in-hand with mixed-signal designers to characterize, analyze, and debug cutting-edge SERDES architectures - gaining deep, hands-on insight into some of the most advanced analog circuits in the industry, including multi-mode transmitters, PLLs, clock/data recovery (CDR) circuits, and sophisticated receiver architectures (CTLEs, AFEs, FFEs, and DFEs).\nIn this role, you will:\nShape next-generation IP - Drive R&D efforts on new mixed-signal designs, pushing the boundaries of electrical performance on state-of-the-art SERDES.\n\nBuild smart tools - Develop automated test scripts and custom firmware that streamline SERDES performance tuning and unlock faster iteration.\n\nEngineer test hardware - Design high-performance PCBs and lab hardware that enable rigorous electrical compliance testing.\n\nSolve hard problems - Dig into complex SERDES circuit failures, root-cause issues, and translate findings into concrete design improvements.\n\nCommunicate impact - Author clear, detailed characterization plans and high-quality technical reports that guide design decisions across the team.\n\nThis is an opportunity to work at the intersection of analog design, digital signal processing, and systems engineering - tackling the technical challenges that make next-generation high-speed interfaces possible.\nRequirements/Qualifications:\nBS/MS in Electrical Engineering or Engineering Physics.\n\n1-2 years related experience in the field\n\nKnowledge of semiconductor fundamentals, circuit theory and high-speed signals\n\nHands-on proficiency with lab instruments such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, BERTS and VNAs.\n\nExcellent analytical and problem-solving skills.\n\nStrong communication and presentation skills.\n\nHardware experience with high-speed analog circuits in a lab or test environment\n\nFamiliarity with script-based test automation using Python or other languages\n\nTravel Time:\n0% - 25%Pay Range:\nWe offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading IESPP program with a 6-month look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:Benefits of working at Microchip\nThe annual base salary range for this position is $76,000 to $114,000.**Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.\nTo all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5318,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Restricted stock units","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Processors, MCUs & AI Chips","Analog & Power Semiconductors"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-19T21:52:07Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":14,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.395,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":53,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:15","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/microchip-technology-engineer-ii-product","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/microchip-technology-engineer-ii-product.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T06:16:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":8400,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":44188},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=44188"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmicrochip-technology-engineer-ii-product"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmicrochip-technology-engineer-ii-product"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmicrochip-technology-engineer-ii-product"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/microchip-technology-engineer-ii-product\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmicrochip-technology-engineer-ii-product"}]}