The Senior Silicon Validation Engineer will be responsible for validation and qualification of integrated circuits (silicon ICs) as per requirements driven by product definition. The ideal candidate will be a critical member of the Validation team that is responsible for qualification of solid-state connectors that encompass industrial/mechanical design, high-speed electrical interfaces. He/she will create/edit test plans and execute on these plans on a strict time schedule.
Role and Responsibility
- Work with a team of validation and characterization engineers responsible for product qualification.
- Lead the silicon validation efforts including creating/editing test plans as per product requirements.
- Work with the design team for new products validation and characterization, create test and characterization reports
- Review and/or create schematics/layout of test platforms as per product requirements.
- Create and maintain measurement automation platforms
- Software development and debugging experience in Python, LabView and other scripting languages
- Ability to develop test scripts that control test equipment for determining IC device characteristics; ability to create test equipment drivers in Python
- Familiarity with test equipment, including oscilloscope, sampling scope, BERT (including CDR), protocol analyzer, spectrum analyzer, and other basic equipment
- Create/edit test plans based on system specifications that may relate to signal integrity, RF, mechanical integrity, electrical, and requirements based on generic protocols.
- Execute and stand behind the qualification of the product, from a mass production perspective, in consumer electronic devices
Qualifications and Experience
- BSEE Required, MSEE Preferred
- 3+ years of product validation and characterization experience for consumer/enterprise applications.
- Validation and characterization experience of at least 1 of the high-speed protocols- USB3.0; PCIe 2/3; DisplayPort; HDMI; SATA/SAS; MIPI, GMSL, Ethernet, LPDDR4/5
- Team player with interest in filing up gaps in product development, as needed.