Staff Engineer, PCIE ASIC Validation
Core
Lead first-silicon bring-up, board validation, and early silicon debug for high-speed memory and storage ASICs/SoCs.
Role type
Staff Engineer, High-Speed Post-Silicon Electrical Characterization
Builds
High-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products
Domain
Semiconductor / Memory & Storage / High-Speed Interfaces
Required skills
High-speed post-silicon electrical characterization, Signal integrity (SI), Power integrity (PI), Timing analysis, Jitter analysis, Noise coupling analysis, SerDes characterization, DDR/LPDDR/PCIe expertise, Lab equipment operation (Oscilloscopes, BERTs, VNAs), Python/MATLAB automation, Root-cause analysis, CMOS fundamentals, Analog/digital circuits
Preferred skills
AI-enabled tools, ATE correlation, JEDEC/PCI-SIG standards, Board design collaboration
Technologies
Python, MATLAB, Oscilloscopes, BERTs, VNAs, Spectrum analyzers, Waveform generators, PCIe, DDR, LPDDR, SerDes, MIPI, UFS
Responsibilities
Lead first-silicon bring-up and board validation; Develop electrical characterization plans for DC, AC, parametric, and functional measurements; Characterize high-speed interfaces (DDR/LPDDR, SerDes, MIPI, UFS); Perform post-silicon characterization across PVT corners; Conduct signal integrity, power integrity, jitter, and eye-diagram testing; Debug silicon issues related to timing, noise, and stability; Analyze failures and recommend design or firmware fixes; Develop automation scripts for data collection and analysis; Correlate post-silicon results with simulation; Contribute to silicon learning documentation.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC (via careerplan.io/jobs/42433569-staff-engineer-pcie-asic-validation-at-micron)
