# SoC Firmware-Hardware Validation Engineer

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Porto Salvo, Lisbon District, Portugal
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

**Apply**: https://careers.synopsys.com/job/porto-salvo/soc-firmware-hardware-validation-engineer/44408/92358709488
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## Description

We are seeking a SoC Firmware-Hardware Validation Engineer to join our team in Lisbon. As a key member of our R&D team, you will be responsible for conducting comprehensive testing on silicon implementations of high-speed analog integrated circuits in a cutting-edge R&D lab environment.

## What you'll do

- Conducting comprehensive testing on silicon implementations of high-speed analog integrated circuits in a cutting-edge R&D lab environment.

- Reviewing and debugging silicon under test, as well as supporting associated hardware systems to ensure optimal performance.

## What you need

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or equivalent technical field with at least 3+ years of industry direct related experience.

## Skills

### Required
- analog IC circuit knowledge
- silicon validation
- debugging complex hardware systems
- Python for test automation and data analysis
- FPGA programming (Verilog)

### Nice to have
- interface protocols such as PCI Express and Ethernet
- NRZ and PAM4 encoding
- communication interfaces (JTAG, I2C, SPI)