Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
On-site · San Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
The Post-Silicon Validation Engineer is responsible for bringing up, validating, and characterizing ASICs from first silicon through the production ramp. Responsibilities include driving early bring-up of first silicon, deep-dive debugging across RTL, firmware, and system levels, validating and characterizing custom IP blocks, and developing post-silicon validation infrastructure and automation. Candidates should have over 7 years of relevant experience, proven expertise in silicon validation, proficiency in C and Python, and hands-on experience with lab instrumentation.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in post-silicon validation, bring-up, and debug of ASICs (preferably including AI/ML accelerators)
- Proven expertise in early silicon bring-up, debug, and validation
- Deep knowledge of peripheral interfaces and board-level debug
- Proficiency in C, Python, and scripting for validation automation
- Hands-on expertise with oscilloscopes, logic/protocol analyzers, and other validation lab tools
- Familiarity with firmware, bootloaders, and low-level silicon debug environments
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and collaboration skills across hardware and software teams
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with low-speed peripheral interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, JTAG)
- Experience with high-speed protocols (PCIe, Ethernet)
- Knowledge of memory subsystems (HBM, DDR)
- Experience in performance and thermal characterization
- Familiarity with AI/ML model profiling and workload correlation
- Experience in system-level validation of accelerators or server platforms
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