Lead Validation Engineer (UWB)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Validation Engineer with expertise in Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon validation of SoCs/ASICs , extensive knowledge of high-speed and low-speed peripheral interfaces , and strong Embedded Software/Firmware development skills . The ideal candidate will drive validation strategy, test development, debug, silicon bring-up, and product qualification activities from architecture review through production readiness.

Job Qualifications

• •Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• •7+ years of experience in Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon Validation.
• •Strong understanding of SoC architecture and subsystem interactions.
• •Experience with ARM-based multicore SoCs and embedded systems.
• •Deep understanding of hardware-software interaction.
• •Experience with lab equipment and protocol analyzers.
• •Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

• •Review architecture, micro-architecture, and design specifications for SoC/IP features.
• •Develop validation plans, test strategies, and coverage metrics.
• •Work closely with Design, Verification, Firmware, and Architecture teams to ensure feature completeness and quality.

• •Develop and execute validation test plans on FPGA, Emulation, and Silicon platforms.
• •Develop validation plan for stress test scenarios for subsystem and SoC-level
• •Lead first-silicon bring-up and characterization activities.
• •Validate functional correctness and compliance.
• •Debug silicon issues using logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, SWD, and trace tools.
• •Root cause failures and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
• •Support customer issue resolution and field failure analysis.

• •Strong experience validating and debugging for the peripherals QSPI, XSPI, I2S, UART, SPI, I2C/I3C, CAN / CAN-FD, LIN
• •Peripheral Compliance and interoperability testing.
• •Throughput-Speed, latency, stress, and error injection testing.
• •PHY and controller-level debug.

• •Develop Embedded C firmware for silicon validation.
• •Create board bring-up software and diagnostic frameworks.
• •Develop bare-metal, RTOS, based validation applications.
• •Driver development and debugging for peripheral interfaces.
• •Implement test automation frameworks for silicon validation.
• •Develop scripts using Python, Shell, or Perl for automation and data analysis.
• •Analyze boot flow, initialization sequences, and firmware interactions.
• •Debug firmware, hardware, and system-level issues.

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