Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider, is seeking to hire an exceptional Applications Engineer to join our Datacenter Product team in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Candidates will be joining some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world to enable the Rambus CXL Memory Interconnect Initiative.We are seeking an experienced Applications Engineer with system design and lab debug expertise to support North American and international Rambus customers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience interfacing with Tier 1 Datacenter customers, OEMs and memory suppliers balancing technical expertise with a hyper focus on customer support.The Applications Engineer will provide inputs to pre-sales engagements, inform product requirements, collaborate with the engineering team, build proof-of-concept designs, provide customer training, analyze, and debug complex technical issues involving PCIe/CXL/DDR Protocol and signal integrity as well as server and BIOS operation and interaction. As an Applications Engineer, the candidate will be reporting to the Marketing and Applications Engineering organization and is a Full-Time position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers.
• Support technical qualification of new chip designs to secure customer design wins.
• Analyze and debug complex technical issues involving silicon, firmware, system software/hardware and bring customer issues to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Present technical updates to customers and company management in writing and verbally via quality presentations.
• Create comprehensive technical documentation such as datasheets, user guides and application notes.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of the PCIe protocol and electrical sub-systems including experience with analyzers
• Experience with DDR4/5 memory operation
• Good understanding of signal integrity issues up to 16 GHz and higher
• Experience with I2C/I3C serial interfaces
• Extensive experience with probing, high speed oscilloscopes and other lab equipment.
• Experience with fundamental root cause techniques to solve complex problems.
• Ability to use scripting languages such as Perl, Tcl or Python to analyze data log text files and automate system and bench testing
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed, including international travel
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English
• BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 10+ years of experience in hardware design or validation at the chip and module level

About Rambus
With 30 years of innovation and semiconductor expertise, Rambus leads the industry with products and solutions speed performance, expand capacity and improve security for today's most demanding applications. From data center and edge to artificial intelligenceand automotive, our interface and security IP, and memory interface chips enable SoC and system designers to deliver their vision of the future.

Rambus offers a competitive compensation package, including base salary, bonus, equity and employee benefits.

The Canada salary range for this full-time position is $113,400 to $210,600.Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location.The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions.

Rambus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Rambus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may let us know in the application.

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