Graduate Hardware Engineer, Sr Engineer Porto

Graduate Hardware Engineer, Sr Engineer
Porto
Porto, Porto, Portugal

The “Hardware Engineer” is mandated to design, develop, modify, and evaluate electronic parts, components, or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems in compliance with the project’s test specifications and Synopsys’ test methodologies.

The successful candidate will work on a variety of test tasks, incorporating Test Specification Generation, Setup Preparation, Board Design, IC Characterization, Documentation, and Prototype Evaluation and Characterization.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Perform testing on silicon implementations of
  - speed analog integrated circuits;
• Results review and debugging of silicon under test, as well as hardware support;
• Run characterization tests and create test reports;
• Apply theoretical knowledge to investigate and explain circuit behavior and circuit limitations in a testing and characterization environment.

Key Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or Applied Science (or equivalent) with at least 1-2 years of working experience in a related field;
• Basic Analog IC circuit knowledge;
• Basic debugging skills;
• Lab equipment skills (oscilloscopes, network analyzers);
• Software programming experience (MATLAB, Python preferred);
• Basic knowledge of FPGA programming (Verilog);
• Knowledge of NRZ and PAM4 encoding;
• Familiarity with Board Design;
• Familiarity with UNIX operating systems;
• Good English communication skills.

At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. We’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.