Location
burnaby, metro vancouver regional district, Canada
Posted
July 09, 2026
Job Description
Job Description
Microchip is looking for a SERDES Characterization Engineer II to join our electrical characterization team in Burnaby, BC, Canada. The electrical characterization team is part of the Product Engineering Department and is responsible for analog validation and optimization of the SERDES interfaces on our new products. These electrical interfaces typically run at speeds up to 32Gbps NRZ or 128Gbps PAM4 and support multiple protocols including PCIe, CXL, and OIF. Characterization engineers develop automated test platforms to optimize SERDES electrical performance across process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) extremes to ensure the design is viable for high-volume deployment into datacenter, automotive, or space applications.
Responsibilities
- Contributing to R&D on new mixed‑signal IP by optimizing electrical performance on state‑of‑the‑art SERDES designs.
- Developing automated test scripts and custom fir...