Post Silicon Hardware Validation Staff Engineer

Post Silicon Hardware Validation Staff Engineer

• Full-time
• Employment Type:
  
  Regular (PERM)
• Remote Work Available:
  No

We are seeking an experienced
hardware
validation & characterization engineer
to characterize and validate next-generation high-speed memory interface silicon. This role is highly hands-on and laboratory focused, requiring extensive experience with electrical measurements, silicon bring-up, signal integrity, and debugging of high-speed mixed-signal devices.

The ideal candidate enjoys solving difficult hardware problems using advanced laboratory equipment and possesses a deep understanding of high-speed electrical interfaces rather than software development.

• Perform bench validation and electrical characterization of high-speed mixed-signal memory interface devices.
• Execute silicon bring-up and hardware debugging from first silicon through production release.
• Measure and characterize critical electrical, timing, jitter, voltage, and signal integrity parameters.
• Utilize advanced laboratory instrumentation including:
  • High-bandwidth oscilloscopes
  • BERTs (Bit Error Rate Testers)
  • High-speed pattern generators
  • Network analyzers
  • Logic analyzers
  • High-precision power supplies
• Apply advanced measurement techniques including:
  • De-embedding
  • High-impedance probing
  • Differential probing
  • Eye diagram analysis
  • Jitter analysis
  • Noise characterization
• Debug complex hardware issues involving signal integrity, timing margins, power delivery, termination networks, PCB effects, and package interactions.
• Correlate bench measurements with simulation and design expectations to improve silicon performance.
• Work directly with Analog, Mixed-Signal, Digital, SI/PI, Package, and Product Engineering teams.
• Support root-cause analysis of silicon issues discovered during validation.
• Drive hardware-based debug using systematic electrical measurements rather than software-only analysis.
• Recommend design improvements based on laboratory characterization data.

Data Analysis & Documentation

• Analyze characterization results to identify failure mechanisms and performance trends.
• Develop repeatable validation methodologies and characterization procedures.
• Document test methods, hardware setups, measurement assumptions, and validation results.
• Present technical findings to design, product, and executive engineering teams.

Note:Python or similar scripting languages are used primarily for automating test execution and processing measurement data—not for software development.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 8+ years of hands-on laboratory experience validating high-speed semiconductor devices.
• Strong background in:
  • High-speed analog and mixed-signal circuits
  • Hardware validation
  • Silicon characterization
  • Silicon bring-up
  • Post-silicon validation
• Extensive experience with:
  • Oscilloscopes (20GHz+ preferred)
  • BERT systems
  • High-speed probing
  • Signal integrity measurements
  • Compliance testing
  • Eye diagram analysis
  • Jitter measurements
• Strong understanding of:
  • Signal integrity
  • Transmission lines
  • Reflection and termination
  • Crosstalk
  • Equalization
  • Power integrity
  • High-speed PCB design fundamentals
• Experience debugging hardware at the board, package, and silicon level.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in a laboratory environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with DDR5, DDR4, LPDDR5, MRDIMM, RDIMM, or memory buffer devices.
• Experience validating:
  • Memory PHYs
  • High-speed Ser Des
  • PCIe
  • USB
  • Ethernet
  • Other multi-Gbps interfaces
• Familiarity with:
  • IBIS-AMI
  • Hyper Lynx
  • ADS
  • HFSS
  • Sigrity
  • Cadence SI tools
• Experience correlating silicon measurements to simulation models.
• Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW for test automation and data processing.

We are specifically seeking engineers with a
strong hardware background
who spend the majority of their time in the lab performing electrical measurements and debugging silicon.

This role is not a software development, firmware, embedded software, machine learning, or data science position.

Candidates with demonstrated experience in:

• Electrical engineering laboratories
• High-speed memory interfaces
• Signal integrity

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