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Silicon Validation Engineer

Mountain View (HQ) or Remote💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-25

Core

Own silicon bring-up and validation from first power-on through production readiness for high-performance GenAI chips.

Role type

Senior silicon validation engineer (post-silicon bring-up)

Builds

Vertically integrated full-stack compute platforms for AGI training and inference

Domain

Semiconductor hardware / AI infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | physical/clinical work

Required skills

silicon validation, post-silicon bring-up, hardware emulation, SoC architecture, digital hardware, firmware-hardware interaction, complex failure debugging, lab platform operation, C/C++ code reading, Python scripting, RTL/specification reading

Preferred skills

pre-silicon validation, Cadence Palladium, SystemVerilog/UVM, first silicon bring-up, HBM/DDR/PCIe/CXL interfaces, JTAG/oscilloscope usage

Technologies

Cadence Palladium, SystemVerilog, UVM, C, C++, Python, RTL, JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers

Responsibilities

Execute validation plans for chip-level functionality and performance; Validate boot, reset, power management, memory, and interconnect; Debug complex failures using logs, traces, and waveforms; Collaborate with architecture, DV, and firmware teams; Define observability requirements and improve validation automation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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