Location: Ottawa-ON-CA,  or Burlington-ON-CA

Our Team:

Semtech’s Signal Integrity Products (SIP) Product Definition team is a group of passionate and talented engineers tasked to specify industry leading products for the optical communications and datacenter space. Bringing a combination of system-level understanding, customer contacts and insight in the latest standards, each individual in the team is responsible for guiding the design and implementation teams to create products that address our customers’ needs with differentiated products.

Job Summary:

The Senior Staff Product Definition Specialist is responsible for developing detailed Product Requirements Specifications (PRS) which combine input from customers, industry standards, internal experience and system-level understanding. These specifications form the basis for the product development with the Senior Product Definition Specialist involved from concept through to final product release. The role is focused mainly on Datacenter applications, specifically PMD and re-timer related, an area where Semtech is the world leader.

Among other duties, he/she must work closely with our marketing team to gain insight into detailed customer requirements, be involved in industry standards developments and write concise  technical specifications enabling effective product design and product performance compliance. Excellent communication skills (both with internal and external stakeholders) are critical to be successful in this role.

Responsibilities:

• You are responsible for the detailed definition of market-leading new products in support of the Semtech’s optical product roadmap, specifically tied to the most advanced PCI-express compliance standards.

• Work closely with Marketing & Product Development teams to review IC requirement documents, build consensus and ensure successful implementation

• Ensure new products are defined with differentiating features and performance relative to market competition through close engagement with our customers and your understanding of their needs

• Ensure new products are compatible with appropriate standards by keeping up to date with developments in PCI-SIG, IEEE 802.3, OIF, ITU and other Standards Organizations

• Work with leadership team to plan the future technology and strategic product direction for the division

• Support various teams including IC Design and Applications Engineering with system level expertise

• Creating system level models and simulations in order to aid in determining specific IC requirements and tradeoffs (preferred)

• Build and maintain relationships with customers by visiting them and attend standard organization meetings; expect international travel 3-5 times per year

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSc/ BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Microwave or RF Engineering or Physics. Masters or PhD candidates preferred

• Highly skilled in the field of
  a) High-speed optical systems, optical transmitter/receiver architectures, signal integrity concepts and clock and data recovery (CDR) architectures
  b) PCI-SIG standards tracking and development
  c) PCIe system architecture requirements, especially in the context of data center applications leveraging re-drivers and CDRs/re-timers (desirable)

• Experience in either Optical Communications IC development companies or system-level equipment organizations

• Detailed knowledge of high speed modules (e.g. QSFP-DD, OSFP) and sub-systems using both edge-emitting lasers and VCSELs

• Experience of complex analogue, digital and data transmission system modeling, using MatLab, ADS/SystemVue or similar tools (preferred)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. An ability to explain complex concepts in an understandable way.

• A proven ability to build commitment and trust across all levels in a product development organization

Career Growth Philosophy

At Semtech, we seek innovation and leadership from each and every member of our team.  Our goal is to ensure that our talented professionals are equipped with support, resources, and the opportunity to excel. Our pay-for-performance philosophy provides recognition and prestige coupled with a competitive compensation package.

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