# Pre-Silicon Diagnostics & Validation Engineer

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Location**: Ft. Collins, Colorado
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $147,000 - $279,000 per year (Colorado) // $140,000 - $321,000 per year (Minnesota)
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Pre-Silicon Diagnostics & Validation Engineer to join their team in Ft. Collins, Colorado or Bloomington, Minnesota.

As a Pre-Silicon Diagnostics & Validation Engineer, you will play a critical role in the development and validation of High Performance Computing (HPC) network interconnect ASICs.

Responsibilities:

- Develop, execute, and maintain validation tests and frameworks for Network Interface Card (NIC) and Switch ASICs used in HPC interconnect solutions utilizing the HPE Slingshot protocol.

- Perform full-chip validation using emulation and prototype silicon platforms to verify functional correctness, performance, reliability, and interoperability.

- Develop software-based validation solutions, automation infrastructure, and diagnostic tools using Python, Linux, and related technologies.

- Investigate and debug complex hardware, software, and system-level failures, working with design, architecture, firmware, and software teams to determine root cause and drive resolution.

- Analyze validation results, identify coverage gaps and product risks, and recommend improvements to validation methodologies and test strategies.

- Review hardware and software designs to ensure testability, diagnosability, and alignment with validation requirements.

- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to define validation plans, execute project milestones, and ensure product readiness.

- Contribute to technical reviews and provide feedback to improve product quality, validation effectiveness, and engineering processes.

- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers and serve as a resource for validation methodologies, tools, and debug techniques.

- Drive improvements in validation infrastructure, automation, and development workflows to increase productivity and test coverage.

- Communicate validation status, technical findings, risks, and recommendations to project stakeholders and management.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent.

- 6-10 years of experience in VLSI design, verification, validation, or implementation, including experience leading teams or complex projects.

- Experience developing and executing complex validation or diagnostic test environments.

Preferred Skills:

- Advanced experience with ASIC validation, diagnostics, or verification methodologies.

- Strong understanding of digital design, computer architecture, and VLSI principles.

- Experience developing validation software using Python and Linux-based environments.

- Experience with debugging complex hardware and software interactions in large-scale system environments.

- Knowledge of Verilog and familiarity with RTL design concepts and debug workflows.

- Experience with EDA, emulation, FPGA, or related pre-silicon development tools.

- Understanding of industry standard networking protocols; experience with HPC interconnects is a plus.

- Familiarity with NIC and Switch ASIC architectures is a plus.

- Demonstrated ability to independently solve complex technical problems and drive issues to closure.

- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

- Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines.

- Ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers.

Benefits:

- Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

- Investment in career development and growth.

- Unconditional inclusion and celebration of individual uniqueness.

Salary Range:

- $147,000 - $279,000 per year (Colorado)

- $140,000 - $321,000 per year (Minnesota)

## Skills

### Required
- ASIC validation
- diagnostics
- verification methodologies
- digital design
- computer architecture
- VLSI principles
- Python
- Linux

### Nice to have
- Verilog
- RTL design concepts
- debug workflows
- EDA
- emulation
- FPGA
- pre-silicon development tools
- HPC interconnects
- NIC and Switch ASIC architectures

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