# Validation / Verification Eng, Sr Staff Engineer- 18006

**Company**: Synopsys
**Location**: Sunnyvale, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146000-$219000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

This role offers an opportunity to lead innovation in semiconductor product engineering while driving the development of next-generation NVM/OTP IP products.

As a Sr. Staff Product Engineer, you will lead the silicon validation of non-volatile memory/one-time programmable (NVM/OTP) intellectual property (IP) and associated blocks (analog circuits, power supplies, programming controllers, access ports/wrappers, and Built-In Self-Test (BIST) blocks).

You will provide technical leadership in test plan creation, programming algorithm development, data analysis and modeling, test optimization, and failure analysis. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to complete Design Validation, Characterization, and Qualification test reports for NVM/OTP IP products.

**Responsibilities**

- Lead the silicon validation effort for NVM/OTP IP products through Design Validation, Characterization, and Qualification phases.

- Define test coverage strategies for critical device functions and parameters, ensuring robust DC and AC characterization with optimized guard-banding techniques.

- Investigate and resolve complex functional and reliability issues, oversee silicon performance analysis, and drive root-cause failure analysis (FA) projects.

- Develop scripts to automate workflows, perform statistical analysis and data visualization, build performance and reliability models, and generate test reports.

- Drive continuous improvements in test efficiency and quality, DOE methodology, data analysis, and cost reduction through AI, innovation and automation.

- Collaborate with external test/reliability labs to complete test data collection and qualification (HTOL/HTSL) testing.

**Requirements**

- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering (preferred), Engineering Physics, Computer Science, or a related field.

- 8+ years of hands-on experience in semiconductor product/test engineering, with a strong background in NVM products.

- Experience with data analysis tools such as Spotfire, Minitab or JMP.

- Knowledge of memory fault models and advanced test methodologies for defect detection and reliability analysis.

- Experience with semiconductor test lab equipment: memory ATE testers (Credence Kalos 2 preferred), automated handlers, oscilloscopes, waveform analyzers, and micro-probing stations.

- Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python or Perl, with knowledge of memory pattern algorithm development for ATE MTO/ALPG hardware.

- Excellent communication and documentation skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers and collaborating across engineering teams.

- Experience in optimizing test efficiency, semiconductor data analysis, and writing silicon test reports.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to resolving silicon debug and validation challenges.

**Benefits** We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- semiconductor product/test engineering
- NVM products
- data analysis tools
- memory fault models
- semiconductor test lab equipment
- scripting languages

### Nice to have
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Computer Science

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