PrincipalApplicationsEngineer

**Key Responsibilities:** * Collaborate with IC design, systems, FW, and test teams to translate field issues and customer requirements into product improvements and new features. * Review customer schematics and layouts for signal‑integrity and power‑integrity best practices (impedance control, terminations, return paths, via design, reference plane strategy). * Lead board‑level bring‑up and validation using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers; generate test reports and recommendations. * Provide on‑site or remote debug support for complex customer issues. * Develop and maintain application collateral: reference designs, layout guidelines, design checklists, characterization reports, application notes, training materials. * Participate in trade shows and provide FAE training **Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree or above in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related field. * Extensive experience (7+ years) in hardware design, applications engineering, or system validation. * Strong understanding of high‑speed SerDes fundamentals: channel loss, reflections, return loss, insertion loss, ISI, jitter, equalization, and clocking. * Demonstrated experience with multi‑Gbps serial links (e.g., Ethernet, PCIe, DP, USB3.x/USB4, proprietary SerDes). * Proficiency with SI/PI tools and simulations (e.g., S‑parameter analysis, eye/jitter simulations) and comfort interpreting simulation and measurement correlation. * Hands‑on experience using lab equipment: high‑bandwidth oscilloscopes, TDR, VNA, BERT, protocol analyzers, logic analyzers, and related tools. * Strong skills in PCB design for high‑speed: layer stack‑up, routing constraints, differential pairs, reference planes, decoupling, and power delivery. * Excellent communication and presentation skills to explain complex technical topics to both expert and non‑expert audiences. ⁽⁵⁾ * Ability to work effectively with global, cross‑functional teams (design, systems, test, marketing, field). [More information about NXP in the U