Senior Hardware Post-Silicon Validation Engineer (Hybrid)

We are seeking a Hardware Post-Silicon Validation Engineer with deep expertise in lab-intensive hardware validation to test and debug of high-performance networking silicon. This role is heavily focused on hands-on work in silicon validation labs, driving early-silicon bring-up, performing advanced electrical and protocol measurements, and owning end-to-end root-cause analysis of silicon, package, and board-level issues.

The position offers significant technical ownership, cross-functional influence, and exposure to complex networking ASICs and high-speed interfaces.

- Lead hands-on post-silicon electrical validation in lab environments for networking ASICs and evaluation platforms

- Own early-silicon bring-up activities from first power-on through feature enablement

- Define, execute, and refine detailed hardware validation plans covering functionality characterization, performance, and reliability

- Drive validation readiness, lab infrastructure setup, and test coverage strategy

- Lead power-on sequencing, reset strategy validation, clock bring-up, and strap configuration

- Perform in-depth voltage, current, power integrity (PDN), and signal integrity analysis

- Capture, analyze, and interpret waveforms, eye diagrams, jitter, BER, PDN measurements, power supply stability and noise.

- Independently isolate and root-cause silicon, package, board, or signal integrity issues

- Lead validation of Ethernet MAC/PHY and high-speed interfaces such as PCIe and SerDes

- Oversee packet-level validation using traffic generators and protocol analyzers

- Validate system-level behavior under real-world networking workloads

- Advanced-level operation of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, VNAs, protocol analyzers, BERTs, and multimeters

- Develop and maintain lab automation using scripts and frameworks (e.g., Python)

- Plan and execute thermal testing using chambers and chillers across operating ranges

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of experience in post-silicon electrical validation, hardware bring-up and lab-based silicon debug, or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of experience in post-silicon electrical validation, hardware bring-up and lab-based silicon debug, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 1+ years of experience in post-silicon electrical validation, hardware bring-up and lab-based silicon debug.

- Experience in electronics, digital logic, signal integrity, and power integrity

- Experience in high-speed measurement techniques (eye diagrams, BER, jitter, compliance testing)

- Experience with interfaces such as DDR5, USB 3.x, SGMII, PCIe, USB2.0, eMMC, SPI, MDIO, I2C, and UART

- Experience with Reading and Reviewing schematics and layout files for complex boards

- Experience working independently, lead, plan and execute lab-based debug efforts

- Hands-on experience with silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation labs

- Experience validating Ethernet, PCIe, and SerDes interfaces

- Scripting skills for lab automation and data analysis (Python preferred)

- Understanding of networking fundamentals and packet-based systems

The starting salary range posted for this position is $167,700.00 to $245,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.