# Optical SerDes Architect

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Mississauga, Ontario
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $189000-$284000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

Our Hardware Engineers at Synopsys are responsible for designing and developing cutting-edge semiconductor solutions. They work on intricate tasks such as chip architecture, circuit design, and verification to ensure the efficiency and reliability of semiconductor products. These engineers play a crucial role in advancing technology and enabling innovations in various industries.

You will be part of the Synopsys High-Performance Compute (HPC) Advanced Architecture Team, tasked with architecting and designing Serdes that will interface with optical links at 100G, 200G and 400G rates. You will work with experts on a cross-functional team of analog, digital, system modelling, and hardware engineers across all stages of design development from simulation to silicon.

**Responsibilities**

- Define optical strategy and requirements for 100G, 200G, and 400G Synopsys SerDes products in partnership with product and marketing teams.

- Create validation plans and signoff methodologies for optical-specific features and compliance requirements for our SerDes.

- Monitor and interpret standards across IEEE, OIF, LPO-MSA, RTLR, LINEAR, and PCIe optical initiatives.

- Develop and maintain models for optical components, including laser drivers, TIAs, and modulators.

- Define algorithms that will allow the SerDes to adapt optimally in the presence of optical non-linearity, noise, and other impairments.

- Collaborate with lab and hardware teams to debug and validate optical links across analog, digital, and photonics domains.

- Support customer engagements by providing technical expertise on optical integration and SerDes technologies.

- Partner with applications and support teams to resolve customer challenges and develop technical documentation.

**The Impact You Will Have**

- Guide the optical roadmap for a world-class SerDes IP portfolio.

- Accelerate customer adoption of emerging optical technologies and standards.

- Influence industry specifications through standards participation and technical leadership.

- Improve time-to-market with scalable modeling and validation methodologies.

- Minimize post-silicon risk through comprehensive optical system validation.

- Enhance customer success through training, documentation, and technical guidance.

- Strengthen collaboration between Synopsys IP and EDA teams to improve product quality and modeling accuracy.

**Requirements**

- 10+ years of experience in high-speed analog design, SerDes architecture, optical communications, or related fields.

- Strong knowledge of optical communication standards such as IEEE 802.3, OIF, LPO-MSA, and PCIe optical specifications.

- Experience integrating SerDes with optical components including laser drivers, TIAs, and modulators.

- Expertise in system modeling, adaptation and calibration algorithm development, signal integrity, and high-speed link analysis.

- Experience working with customers and cross-functional engineering teams.

- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field; PhD preferred.

- Willingness to travel occasionally for customer, standards, or lab activities.

**Benefits**

- Comprehensive medical and healthcare plans that work for you and your family.

- In addition to company holidays, we have ETO and FTO Programs.

- Maternity and paternity leave, parenting resources, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and more.

- Purchase Synopsys common stock at a 15% discount, with a 24-month look-back.

- Save for your future with our retirement plans that vary by region and country.

- Competitive salaries.

## Skills

### Required
- high-speed analog design
- SerDes architecture
- optical communications
- IEEE 802.3
- OIF
- LPO-MSA
- PCIe optical specifications
- system modeling
- adaptation and calibration algorithm development
- signal integrity
- high-speed link analysis

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