Senior Engineer II -Validation

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** Microchip’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) Business Unit delivers industry-leading performance, reliability, and security through Storage Controllers, Memory Controllers, NVMe SSD Controllers, PCIe Switches, and SAS Expanders. These products are widely deployed in cloud storage, compute data centers, and storage area networks.

As a System Validation Engineer, you will be part of a highly skilled team responsible for the bring-up, integration, and validation of advanced System-on-Chip (SoC) products for the DCS Business Unit.

System Validation Engineers design and build the infrastructure required to test new silicon device designs and the firmware that operates on them. This includes developing prototype ecosystems such as boards, FPGAs, firmware, software, and automation suites, and integrating these with internal test equipment, protocol analyzers, exercisers, and x86-based hardware.

Validation Engineers create comprehensive test plans based on design specifications, marketing requirements, and industry standards—including PCIe, CXL, DDR4/5, NVMe, SAS, SATA, and NAND flash—commonly used in cloud data centers and storage area networks. Using these test plans and validation infrastructure, engineers develop and execute pre- and post-silicon tests to thoroughly evaluate prototype SoC devices and embedded firmware.

Success in this role requires strong skills in system integration, testing, debugging, and problem-solving. You will gain in-depth knowledge of protocol specifications, IP design, and SoC architecture, and have opportunities to collaborate with teams across silicon design, firmware, emulation, verification, and applications. The position also offers prospects for internal mobility and career growth.

We are seeking adaptable engineers with excellent multi-disciplinary debug and problem-solving skills, who are committed to project schedules, quality, and team collaboration. Immediate technical expertise is required, and while ongoing learning is expected, we are hiring for a senior engineer with proven experience across multiple technical domains.
** Job Responsibilities
** Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Integrating prototype SOC Device HW and FW into a complete solution. This includes working with emulation platforms, proto-ICs, validation boards, FW and SW to bring an entire system level solution to life and enable functional testing and FW development.
* Develop, execute, and document a series of feature-tests that will fully validate the operation of the SoC and its various functional HW blocks and FW to ensure all components and the overall SoC is functioning per design specs, achieves expected performance and meets industry requirements and standards.
* Working with pre-silicon FGPA based emulation platforms and prototype (post-silicon) ICs/SOCs.
* Building and maintaining validation infrastructure through the development of boards, FPGAs, embedded software, device drivers and test bench scripts.
* Developing block, subsystem and system level test FW and scripts, and further integrating them in to best-in-class test automation suites.
* Leading activities in ones own area of technical expertise and supervising junior…