Silicon Validation Engineer
Core
Pre- and post-silicon validation of mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), including hardware emulation, FPGA prototyping, lab testing, debug, and characterization.
Role type
Senior IC validation engineer (mixed-signal/analog)
Builds
Mixed-signal ICs for sensing products (touch, proximity, ADCs) used in consumer, industrial, and automotive applications
Domain
Semiconductor / Analog & Mixed-Signal ICs
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
FPGA prototyping, lab instrumentation (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes), C/C++, Python scripting, embedded systems, hardware protocols (I2C, SPI, MIPI, JTAG, PCIe), test automation, root-cause analysis
Preferred skills
IC bring-up, AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot), MCU systems (ARM, RISC-V), RTL (Verilog, SystemVerilog), Matlab, Git, regression frameworks
Technologies
AMD Vivado, Python, C/C++, I2C, I3C, SPI, MIPI, GPIB, JTAG, PCIe, ARM, RISC-V, STM32, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, Matlab, Git
Responsibilities
Define and debug FPGA prototyping platforms for pre-silicon emulation; lead silicon validation test plans and drive bring-up/debug; develop tests and scripts to automate validation; execute analog/mixed-signal performance characterization; design validation fixtures; analyze findings and report to design teams; author test plans and characterization reports.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
