R&D Engineer Hardware 5

Job Title

R&D Engineer Hardware 5

Role Summary

Design high-speed analog circuits for wireline transceivers within an R&D engineering group. Work focuses on component selection, experimental validation, and non-ASIC layout/design for advanced transceiver products.

Role requires independent technical judgment on moderate-scope problems and collaboration with internal and external teams to deliver reliable hardware designs.

Experience Level

Senior-level. The posting specifies substantial experience (see Education Requirements for years-of-experience tied to degree).

Responsibilities

Core responsibilities include defining design approaches, validating designs, and integrating components into product-level hardware.

• Determine design approaches, parameters, and specifications for high-speed analog circuits.
• Analyze equipment and test data; conduct experiments and evaluate results to validate designs.
• Select components and equipment based on performance and reliability requirements.
• Perform layout/design work for non-ASIC products and collaborate with layout teams as needed.
• Assess vendor capabilities to support product development when applicable.
• Troubleshoot and optimize designs for performance, jitter, linearity, noise, and latency.
• Build and maintain productive working relationships across engineering and external partners.

Requirements

Technical must-haves and desirable specialized experience.

• Proven experience in high-speed analog circuit design for wireline transceivers.
• Hands-on experience with test methods and experimental validation of analog/RF hardware.
• Proficiency selecting components and defining reliability-driven specifications.
• Ability to perform layout-aware design for non-ASIC hardware products.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Highly desirable (one or more):

• High-speed (>10 Gbps) ADC and DAC design.
• High-frequency (>28 GHz) and low-jitter (<100 fs-rms) PLL design.
• High-linearity (1–3% THD) low-noise TIA and laser driver design.
• Equalization techniques for backplanes and optical links.
• High-speed, low-latency clock & data recovery circuits.

Education Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering plus 12+ years of related experience, or a Master's degree in Engineering plus 10+ years of related experience. Specific engineering discipline not specified.

About the Company

Company: Broadcom

Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.