Optical DSP Application Engineer

Job Description

Salary: $120,000 - $140,000

Credo's Optical DSP Application Engineering Team

Fueling the next generation of AI data centers, our mission is to enable and drive high-speed communication by providing cutting-edge technology, world-class quality, and interoperability. We deliver advanced high-speed communication solutions, including chips, optical modules, and active optical cables. Our current chips support speeds up to 1.6TBps.

Key Responsibilities

Define and implement test plans and test cases.

Develop scalable test framework components.

Develop automation and flows for testing, data acquisition, and data analysis.

Set up lab testing environments, including evaluation boards, test equipment, and test code.

Create and exercise lab automation involving evaluation boards, third-party test equipment, data acquisition, and environmental conditions.

Bring up new systems that may include new hardware, chip firmware, or algorithms.

Collaborate with chip design teams.

Support FAE and sales teams as the first line of communication with customers, both pre- and post-sale.

Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis of issues and bugs.

Implement algorithms for signal acquisition and link optimizations.

Work with customers to enable, optimize, and troubleshoot optical communication products.

Write and maintain technical documentation for both internal and external use.

Develop and exercise data and signal analysis tools and algorithms.

Perform system integration and optimization, mediating multiple cross-functional teams such as DSP design, analog design, firmware, software, specific hardware design, and optical components.

Conduct system integration on switch and server levels, simulating AI datacenter environments.

Education, Skills and Experience

Desire and willingness to learn and grow

Bachelor's degree+ in EE, CE or software engineering, or a related field.

3+ years of experience in software or hardware development

Proficiency and delight in Python coding, including data and signal analysis

Some background and understanding of signal processing and digital communication

Some experience with hardware or high-speed communication systems, or strong desire to learn

Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Comfortable with Linux environment

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with fiber optic communication systems.

Experience with high speed SerDes

Experience in High-speed hardware design and signal integrity

Experience in Wireless or mobile communications, especially PHY

Knowledge of Ethernet and InfiniBand protocols and standards

Extra bonus points

Frontend and backend of webapp

Dashboarding applications like "Dash" and Grafana

Expert level of Pandas and NumPy

Expert level in Python's graphing libraries like Plotly and Pyplot