CareerPlan

Staff Engineer,Post-Silicon Validation

AustinFull-time$100k2026-09-28 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Drive first-silicon bring-up, validation, and debug of RISC-V-based System-on-Chips (SoCs) from initial power-up to production readiness.

Role type

Staff Engineer, Post-Silicon Validation

Builds

High-performance RISC-V CPU-based SoCs and AI platforms

Domain

Semiconductor / Hardware Engineering / RISC-V Architecture

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

SoC bring-up, silicon debug, RISC-V privilege modes, bare-metal testing, Linux bring-up, hardware/software interaction debugging, interconnect validation, memory subsystem debugging, high-speed interface debugging

Preferred skills

Experience with AI accelerators, cross-functional collaboration, ECO validation

Technologies

RISC-V, SoC, Linux, bare-metal, high-speed interfaces

Responsibilities

Lead first-silicon bring-up of RISC-V CPU–based SoCs; Debug silicon issues across CPU cores, interconnects, memory subsystems, peripherals, and high-speed interfaces; Develop and debug bare-metal tests, boot flows, and collaborate on Linux bring-up and driver validation; Provide actionable feedback, support ECO validation, and drive fixes for future silicon revisions.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC