Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
 Spectraforce Technologies | |
 United States, California, San Diego | |
 Apr 09, 2025 | |
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Job Title: Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
Location: San Diego, CA Work Mode: 100% Onsite Work Hours: 40 hours/week, 1st Shift (To be flexible for occasional 2nd shift work and occasional weekend work) Duration: 1 year, 10+ months Travel/Driving Requirement: May involve less than 2 hours of driving per week between campus buildings using a personal vehicle or company shuttle Physical Requirement: Ability to carry/move hardware or equipment up to 20 lbs Summary: We are seeking to add an experienced and versatile engineer to our team, to execute & streamline our validation processes. To fit this role, you should have hands on experience with post-silicon validation, automation and excellent problem-solving & communication skills. Job responsibilities include: Responsibilities: * Strong grasp of concepts & workings of SoCs, SOC architectures, CPUs, DDRs, on chip bus & networking protocols & embedded system concepts * Strong understanding of challenges with DDR, high-speed peripherals/buses, GPIOs * Strong knowledge of test platforms for SOCs and testing methodologies * Manage recurring High Volume Validation tasks such as execution of tests, scheduling regression jobs, analyzing results and triaging failures * Debugging test failures & platforms * Strong aptitude to improve existing & drive new stress testing methodologies * Develop automation solutions for operations and to scale SOC validation and integration activities. * Provide Lab support for HW configuration management & logistics * Manage jobs for robotic handlers * Lab IT activities * Comprehend & refine processes by interacting with Project managers, leads, users & software engineers. Create end-to-end automation requirements & solutions. * Formalize and document validation processes (inputs, flowchart, outputs, dashboards) working with stakeholders & publish results. * Attend and drive periodic team meetings & ad hoc brainstorming sessions * Manage lab infrastructure challenges * Customer support Top 5 Required Skills: 1. ?Experience with post-silicon enabling, bring-up , analyze failures at the embedded platform level, debugging low level software and hardware issues & debug tools including JTAG 2. Using Lab Equipment (Logic Analyzer, Scope, Signal Generator, Thermal Chambers, TCUs etc.) 3. Board level expertise 4. Automation 5. IT Skills - PCs, SW configurations 6. Excellent communication skills Technologies: 1. JTAG/Lauterbach 2. SOC knowledge 3. Compiler toolchain for embedded SW like LLVM or GCC 4. Python, Object Oriented Programming, Programming Concepts 5. Jenkins, Jira, Splunk or similar web-based enterprise/BI applications Preferred: 1. Basic understanding of power and performance 2. Knowledge of TCU, PVT, Fmax, Vmin test methodology and hands-on experience 3. CPU and SoC architectures 4. Experience using Handlers/Automated pick & place machines 5. Program & logistics management experience Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with 3-5 years of Systems Engineering or related experience OR Master's degree in the same fields with 2-4 years of related experience | |