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SerDes Characterization Engineer, Platforms

Google· Platforms Infrastructure Engineering
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Sunnyvale, CA$132k - $189kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You will execute electrical characterization and validation for high-speed SerDes interfaces, triage measurement issues, and present results to the engineering team within Google's Platforms Infrastructure Engineering group.

Responsibilities

  • Execute electrical characterization and validation test plans for high-speed SerDes interfaces in the laboratory.
  • Operate lab test benches consisting of high bandwidth oscilloscopes, BERTs, temperature chambers, logic analyzers, and precision power supplies.
  • Run automated test frameworks to perform extensive parametric sweeps across voltage, temperature, and process corners (PVT).
  • Triage measurement failures and anomalies, perform basic root cause analysis, and assist executive engineers with in-depth debugging.
  • Maintain laboratory test setups, calibrate test equipment, verify RF cable/fixture integrity, and track hardware assets. Summarize, document, and present structured measurement results and trend charts to the broader engineering team.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in a hardware laboratory environment working with test instrumentation (oscilloscopes, bit error rate tests (BERTs), or power supplies).
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python) for test automation or data processing.

Skills

Required:Electrical characterizationLaboratory instrumentationAutomation scripting
Nice to have:Root cause analysis

Benefits

  • Learn more about benefits at Google (web link provided in description)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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