Senior Signal Integrity Engineer

About the Company

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and has provided over ten million rider-only trips.

Responsibilities

• Lead all stages of project planning and development by owning SI/PI for products and sub-systems
• Establish comprehensive SI/PI guidelines and stack-up specifications through feasibility studies
• Audit layout routing and component placement for all interfaces to maximize SI/PI performance
• Perform SIPI simulation for PCB, connectors, cabling and sign-off designs
• Measure and correlate with simulation models, enhancing model accuracy
• Research and integrate advanced SI/PI technologies to improve simulation efficiency, consistency, and precision

Requirements

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering
• 5+ years of relevant working experience
• Ability to perform system level SIPI design, modeling and optimization using HFSS, SIwave, PowerSI, ADS, or HSPICE
• Familiarity with lab equipment such as oscilloscope, VNA, and TDR
• Demonstrated experience with simulation-to-measurement correlation
• Hands-on capability in lab environments to debug and resolve SI/PI-related issues
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S.E.E. with 3 years of relevant industry experience, or a recent Ph.D. with a specialization in SIPI
• Familiarity with SERDES, SoC Power Integrity (PI) with VR modeling, or LPDDRx interfaces
• Experience in root-cause analysis and debugging of real-world SI/PI hardware issues
• Ability to streamline workflows through custom tool automation and scripting (Python/Tcl)
• Familiarity with automotive-grade interfaces such as xGBase-T1, CAN/CAN-FD, LVDS, or GMSL
• Experience with DoE simulation for high-volume production intended designs