Job Description
Job Description
Position: Test Engineer- Signal Integrity
Location: Nashua, NH
Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We have design, sales, and manufacturing locations globally and are currently seeking a Signal Integrity Engineer to join our High Speed IO Cables Business Unit based in Nashua, NH.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and/or review test plans, test procedures, and test reports for digital, power, and high-speed signaling electronics
- Conduct measurements to characterize SI performance of active and passive copper cable products including S-parameters, impedance, eye patterns, and jitter
- Conduct evaluations of measurement data to ensure that program test requirements are met such as in IEEE, PCI-SIG, and customer specifications
- Perform test data de-embedding, discontinuity analysis, and correlations with connector, PCB, and cable twinax models
- Utilize best practices in design, assembly, and calibration of test equipment setups which include VNAs, TDR/TDT, BERTs and high-speed oscilloscopes
- Generation of equipment control and data logging automation scripts for improved efficiency of test execution and report generation
- Design Verification Test (DVT) plans and execution on first article products including environmental stress margining (4-corners, bend)
- Coordinate with appropriate program, engineering, and product line organizations during test planning, execution, analysis and reporting phases
Qualifications:
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, or related field
- 3+ years’ experience in high-speed interconnect and SI testing and qualification
- Experience with wide bandwidth SI test equipment including high port density VNAs, TDRs, BERTs, and high-speed oscilloscopes
- Experience with methods and execution of calibration and calibration verification techniques
- Knowledge of formatting and plotting techniques for differential S-parameters data (combining port densities, crosstalk, de-embedding)
- Demonstrates competencies in high accuracy AC and DC voltage measurements including noise and IR drop
- Experience with characterization of clock frequency references (spectral purity and phase noise)
- Competence in techniques for DVT over temperature, voltage, and environment stress conditions using thermal ovens / environmental chambers and data acquisition systems for sensors
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages, XML and Python
- Understanding of the relevant specifications in IEEE, PCI-SIG, etc
- Experience with test and measurement of copper Re-Driver Active Linear (ACC) and Electrical Cables (AEC) is highly desirable
- Familiarity with OIF CMIS, PCIe link training, FEC behavior is highly desirable
- Must be able to communicate effectively (verbal and written) and have good organizational skills