Senior Silicon Validation Engineer

Member Technical Staff (Silicon Validation) Position: Member Technical Staff (Silicon Validation) Job Description: Position Tittle: Member Technical Staff Skills: Silicon Validation Experience: 10-15 Years Work Location: Hyderabad, Bangalore & Chennai What You'll Be Doing Principal Accountabilities: · Lead pre & post-silicon functional validation activities for complex SoCs, MCUs, and ASICs. · Drive board bring-up covering power, reset, clock, straps, fuses, hardware initialization, and JTAG debug. · Develop and execute validation plans, test cases, and debug strategies for functional and system-level validation. Lead hardware debug and failure analysis by performing root cause investigations of boot failures, system hangs, data corruption, memory access issues, and intermittent hardware failures. · Validate and debug interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, UART, I2C, and SPI. · Perform Lab Validation & debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, bus sniffers, and JTAG. · Validate SRAM/Flash and debug memory initialization, access, and data integrity issues. · Read schematics and perform pin-level signal tracing to isolate hardware issues. · Work with RTL/design, firmware, architecture, and system teams to identify root causes and drive issues to closure. · Lead technical debug activities and mentor validation engineers. Job Complexity: · Leads technical execution of silicon validation and hardware debug activities. · Provides technical guidance on silicon bring-up, validation, failure analysis, and debug methodologies. · Review validation plans, test methodologies, and debug approaches. · Coordinates with cross-functional teams to resolve complex silicon and system-level issues. · Drive issue tracking, validation metrics, and closure activities. · Mentor junior engineers on silicon debug and validation best practices. What Are We Looking For · 10-15 years of strong hands-on expertise in silicon bring-up, board-level debugging, protocol validation, hardware failure analysis, and lab-based validation on real silicon platforms. · Strong experience with SoC, MCU, or ASIC bring-up and functional validation. · Hands-on experience with power, reset, clocking, straps, configuration errors. · Experience debugging PCIe, Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, UART, I2C, or SPI interfaces. · Strong understanding of SRAM/Flash, register-level configuration, signal integrity, and hardware failure analysis. · Proficiency with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other hardware debug equipment. · Ability to read schematics and perform pin-level signal tracing. · Strong root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills. · Experience leading technical debug activities and mentoring engineers. Education B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field. Location: IN-KA-Bangalore, India (eInfochips) Time Type: Full time Job Category: Engineering Services Experience Level Senior Level