We are seeking an experienced
hardware validation & characterization engineer to characterize and validate next-generation high-speed memory interface silicon. This role is highly hands-on and laboratory focused, requiring extensive experience with electrical measurements, silicon bring-up, signal integrity, and debugging of high-speed mixed-signal devices.
The ideal candidate enjoys solving difficult hardware problems using advanced laboratory equipment and possesses a deep understanding of high-speed electrical interfaces rather than software development.
Job DescriptionHardware Validation & Characterization
- Perform bench validation and electrical characterization of high-speed mixed-signal memory interface devices.
- Execute silicon bring-up and hardware debugging from first silicon through production release.
- Measure and characterize critical electrical, timing, jitter, voltage, and signal integrity parameters.
- Utilize advanced laboratory instrumentation including:
- High-bandwidth oscilloscopes
- BERTs (Bit Error Rate Testers)
- High-speed pattern generators
- Network analyzers
- Logic analyzers
- High-precision power supplies
- Apply advanced measurement techniques including:
- De-embedding
- High-impedance probing
- Differential probing
- Eye diagram analysis
- Jitter analysis
- Noise characterization
- Debug complex hardware issues involving signal integrity, timing margins, power delivery, termination networks, PCB effects, and package interactions.
- Correlate bench measurements with simulation and design expectations to improve silicon performance.
Design Collaboration
- Work directly with Analog, Mixed-Signal, Digital, SI/PI, Package, and Product Engineering teams.
- Support root-cause analysis of silicon issues discovered during validation.
- Drive hardware-based debug using systematic electrical measurements rather than software-only analysis.
- Recommend design improvements based on laboratory characterization data.
Data Analysis & Documentation
- Analyze characterization results to identify failure mechanisms and performance trends.
- Develop repeatable validation methodologies and characterization procedures.
- Document test methods, hardware setups, measurement assumptions, and validation results.
- Present technical findings to design, product, and executive engineering teams.
Note: Python or similar scripting languages are used primarily for automating test execution and processing measurement data-not for software development.
QualificationsRequired Skills- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- 8+ years of hands-on laboratory experience validating high-speed semiconductor devices.
- Strong background in:
- High-speed analog and mixed-signal circuits
- Hardware validation
- Silicon characterization
- Silicon bring-up
- Post-silicon validation
- Extensive experience with:
- Oscilloscopes (20GHz+ preferred)
- BERT systems
- High-speed probing
- Signal integrity measurements
- Compliance testing
- Eye diagram analysis
- Jitter measurements
- Strong understanding of:
- Signal integrity
- Transmission lines
- Reflection and termination
- Crosstalk
- Equalization
- Power integrity
- High-speed PCB design fundamentals
- Experience debugging hardware at the board, package, and silicon level.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in a laboratory environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience with DDR5, DDR4, LPDDR5, MRDIMM, RDIMM, or memory buffer devices.
- Experience validating:
- Memory PHYs
- High-speed SerDes
- PCIe
- USB
- Ethernet
- Other multi-Gbps interfaces
- Familiarity with:
- IBIS-AMI
- HyperLynx
- ADS
- HFSS
- Sigrity
- Cadence SI tools
- Experience correlating silicon measurements to simulation models.
- Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW for test automation and data processing.
Additional InformationWhat We're Looking ForWe are specifically seeking engineers with a
strong hardware background who spend the majority of their time in the lab performing electrical measurements and debugging silicon.
This role is not a software development, firmware, embedded software, machine learning, or data science position.Candidates with demonstrated experience in:
- Post-silicon validation
- Component characterization
- Electrical engineering laboratories
- High-speed memory interfaces
- Signal integrity
- Mixed-signal hardware debugging
will be highly preferred.
We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.
Are you ready to join our team and
shape the future with us?
