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Our technology is central to the Era of Pervasive Intelligence, from self-driving cars to learning machines. We lead in chip design, verification, and IP integration, empowering the creation of high-performance silicon chips and software content. Join us to transform the future through continuous technological innovation.\nYou Are:\nA seasoned engineer with over 8+years of experiencein DDR/HBM SIPI engineering. You possessa deep understanding of high-speed interface signaling operations, including s-parameters, channel loss, crosstalk, equalization techniques, jitter, and power delivery modeling. Your expertisein signal and power integrity analysis methods, such as eye diagram construction through statistical modeling, return loss, impedance matching, and resonant system analysis, is unmatched.\nYou are proficient in using HFSS and Ansys tools, HSPICE, Raptor, and ADS. You excel at generating and communicating results, findings, conclusions, and recommendations within a design team and toexternal customers. Your knowledge inboard-level construction and on-chip IO design operationallows you to work seamlessly across multi-site teams, communicating ideas, understanding problems, and finding solutions to create leading-edge designs.\nAs a team player, you communicate clearly and efficiently, leadingissues tofull closure independently. Your ability to track industry developments through activities at standards committees and memory vendor roadmaps ensures that you stay ahead of the curve in technological advancements.\nWhat You’llBe Doing:\n* Perform interconnect assessments using the latest modeling techniques to predict channel data rates and signal margins.\n* Assess strategies for system performance optimization, including signal margins, power, and FFE, DFE, and CTLE equalization techniques.\n* Assess power delivery systems to optimizepower integrity for supply stability and jitter minimization.\n* Document findings in reports and design guidelines.\n* Communicate results and insights to design teams to improve PHY design.\n* Communicate results and recommendations to customers to enable them to optimizetheir system performance.\n* Interact with design teams and customers to refine and apply signal and power analysis methods to refine strategies and address problems.\n* Understand Synopsys’ DDR and HBM PHY roadmap and create strategies for improved performance.\n* Track industry developments through activities at standards committees and through memory vendor roadmaps.\nWhat You’llNeed:\n* Proven understanding of high-speed interface signaling operation, such as s-parameters, channel loss, crosstalk, equalization techniques, jitter, and power delivery modeling.\n* Well-versed in signal and power delivery analysis methods, including eye diagram construction through statistical modeling, return loss, impedance matching, and resonant system analysis.\n* Ability to use HFSS and Ansys tools, HSPICE, Raptor, and ADS.\n* Skilled in generating and communicating results, findings, conclusions, and recommendations within a design team and toexternal customers.\n* Knowledgeable in board-level construction and on-chip IO design operation.\nThe Impact You Will Have:\n* Enhance the performance and reliability of high-speed interface designs.\n* Drive improvements in system performance optimization techniques, contributing to lower power consumption and higher data rates.\n* Optimizepower delivery systems, ensuring supply stability and minimized jitter.\n* Provide critical insights and recommendations that will shape the design and development of PHY components.\n* Enable customers to achieve optimalsystem performance through your expert guidance.\n* Contribute to the advancement of SIPI methodologies and their adoption by customers.\n* Help refine strategies to address signal and power integrity challenges in cutting-edgetechnologies.\n* Influence the direction of Synopsys’ DDR and HBM PHY roadmap.\n* Stay at the forefront of industry developments, ensuring Synopsys remainsa leader in technological innovation.\nWho You Are:\n* A team player able to communicate clearly and efficiently.\n* Ability to independently lead issues to full closure.\nThe Team You’llBe APart Of:\nThe R&D circuits team is tasked with providing SIPI solutions for the future DDR/HBM topologies and protocols, identifyingkey enablers, and providing support to early adopters or critical customers. We are also responsible for SIPI methodologies to be adopted by the customers and interconnect budgeting.\nAt Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.\nIn addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses. Synopsys offers comprehensive health, wellness, and financial benefits as part of a competitive total rewards package. The actual compensation offered will be based on a number of job-related factors, including location, skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter can share more specific details on the total rewards package upon request. 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