Senior Fec/dsp Ic Architect

**Company Profile**

The Coherent IC design center in Braunschweig, Germany develops high speed System-on-Chip devices in latest CMOS technology nodes for our industry-leading optical products including transceivers, transponders and ROADM line cards.

We are looking for a full-time

**Senior FEC/DSP IC Architect (M/F/x)
**System-on-Chip Design Center
Braunschweig, Germany - Horsham, PA - Fremont, CA
- Define the next generation of DSP IC architectures for Coherent’s optical transceiver products with a particular focus on forward error correction (FEC), jointly with the technical marketing, engineering and product management teams worldwide.
- Assume technical leadership in developing FEC schemes for coherent optical transmission systems based on leading edge CMOS technologies.
- Verify the architectural approach through modelling, simulation and offline processing experiments.
- Interact closely with the in-house DSP team to jointly explore optimized system solutions.
- Create hardware block specifications and Python/C-based simulation models appropriate for System Verilog (RTL) implementation.
- Work with IC designers to ensure a circuit architecture that can meet power and performance targets.
- Support program and roadmap definition with the management team, marketing and customers.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Define and/or provide guidance on test plans for lab characterization during verification testing

**Qualification**
- Excellent working knowledge on forward error correction, coded modulation and higher-order modulation.
- Strong experience in communication system modeling in Python/C/MATLAB.
- Minimum 5 years of experience with forward error correction architectures and algorithm development closely related to successful DSP IC implementations.
- Proven technical collaboration skills and ability to coordinate with technical partners.
- Excellent language skills in English. Basic skills in German would be a plus.
- Ability to communicate efficiently with remote teams, willingness to work from home and occasional business travel.

**Your Chance**

We offer an interesting and diversified opportunity in an internationally-minded engineering team of a market-leading high-tech company in the field of high-speed optoelectronic components. You will find a creative and productive work atmosphere in a flexible work environment that shares the desire to succeed and a fascination for technical challenges and technological progress.

**Contact**

For further information please contact:
Karl-Heinz Mundt

Coherent Corp. / Finisar Germany GmbH

Theodor-Heuss-Strasse 2

38122 Braunschweig

Office: +49 531 89999-111