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R&D Engineer: Hardware Development Engineer, Industrial optical sensors, Package and Test (2019-04-15)

Want to go further in Research & Development? Here is where you take the next step, working with the pioneering teams taking Broadcom's world-leading products from the drawing board to the real world.

Broadcom Vienna/Austria:

We are based in Vienna the Capital of Austria right in the heart of Europe. We focus on development of optoelectronic ASICs targeting fiber optic transceivers and optical sensors for industrial, medical and automotive applications.  We are a worldwide leader in industrial fiber optics and continuously expand our product portfolio to address emerging markets. Therefore we intend to strengthen our team for hardware design around optoelectronic ASICs with focus on testing and characterization.

A typical description of the workflow and the included duties:

·         Together with the ASIC design team a measurement plan and the practical realization for a full characterization and verification setup of a mixed signal ASICs has to be developed

·         Based on the above defined plan a measurement setup has to be realized which includes typically

o   Defining necessary sources and measurement devices

o   Designing a schematic for all the necessary circuitry

o   Realizing the schematic in a PCB design

o   Development of software and/or firmware to run the setup

·         As a starting point we already have a broad range of various strategies and also components on hardware as well as software side which can and should be reused for new measurement setups

·         The measurement setups typically need to be fully automated

·         ASIC characterization can start at sensor physics and integrating optical and mechanical design within the measurement setups

·         Analysis and debugging of low-level ASIC/sensor data

·         Detailed issue description and qualified feedback to the IC design team

·         Continuous development and improvement of tests

·         Contribution to modeling and simulation of electrical, optical, and mechanical properties of sensor systems

·         Issue product documentation and application notes

Requirements:

·         A sound technical education and solid technical knowledge (e.g. a higher technical institute HTL, university degree, etc.).

·         Ideally  2+ years of experience in hardware and software development 

·         Passion about electrical circuits and schematics, measurement setups as well as solid know-how about high level measurement device handling

Desired proficiency in the following skills:

·         Professional experience in electrical lab environment (electrical and also optical components and devices, typically <10GHz and low voltage)

·         Expertise in high level measurement devices and their usage

·         Excellent discrete circuit design know-how

·         Experience with layout design, PCBs manufacturability, PCB assembly, and circuit board start-up and test

·         Experience in prototyping and electrical/optical measurement

·         Sound experience in software/firmware development (currently we use mainly Java and VB.net)

·         Experience in basic mechanical setups and their design (2D/3D)

·         Ideally CPU and micro-controller experience

·         Ideally GAL/FPGA experience

·         Broad interest in interdisciplinary work interfacing to electronics, optics, mechanical structures, and communication systems

·         Self-contained, accurate working style and ability to integrate into teams across different functions and locations

·         German and English communication skills, both verbal and written since we are a very international focused company and team