Description
We are seeking a Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to join our collaborative team validating cutting-edge AI chips and platforms.
As a Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, you will play a critical role in supporting new product introductions and post-silicon validation. You will work with the Post-Silicon Validation team to bring first silicon to life, functionally validate it, and collaborate with other teams to characterise and develop a working product.
Responsibilities and duties:
- Plan, design, develop, and debug silicon validation tests in bare metal C/C++ on FPGA/Emulator prior to first silicon
- Deploy silicon validation tests on first silicon and debug them
- Develop automated test frameworks and regression test suites in Python to optimise validation efficiency
- Collaborate with engineers from various disciplines on multiple topics
- Analyse test results, identify and debug failures/defects
- Contribute to shared test and validation infrastructure
- Provide feedback to architects
Essential skills:
- Strong experience in bare metal/embedded C/C++
- Good knowledge of digital ASICs
- Highly motivated, self-starter, and team player
- Ability to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of complex issues
- Experience in post-silicon validation process applied in digital ASIC environments
- Python, Linux
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and diagnostic skills
Desirable skills:
- Driver-level experience with PCIe, Ethernet, memory technologies, or other peripherals
- Good knowledge of mixed-signal building blocks
- Experience with Arm CPUs, System IP, and debug tools
- Experience with AMBA protocols
- Understanding of ML applications and workloads
- Experience in characterisation, failure analysis, test development, statistical analysis, and customer support
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave policy
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Dental plan
- Pension (matched up to 5%)
- Life assurance and income protection
- Generous parental leave policy
- Employee assistance programme