SoC Validation Engineer, Devices

About the Role

The team that built the innovative Silicon IP AZ1 Neural Edge is looking for an SoC Emulation Engineer to continue to innovate. This role is part of Amazon Lab126, contributing to the success of ML accelerators at the edge.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable pre-silicon and post-silicon validation and verification of next-generation SoCs on multiple platforms, including emulation, prototyping, and early silicon.
• Develop and execute test plans.
• Design test environments.
• Help build emulation and prototype models.
• Collaborate closely with architects, RTL designers, SoC, and software development teams.

In This Role, You Will

• Develop/review subsystem testplans and assist in creating the SoC Verification and Validation plan.
• Implement tests and scenarios on multiple platforms.
• Develop and deploy baremetal drivers to configure SoC subsystems.

Pre-silicon Activities

• Develop test benches, transactors, and monitors for Emulation systems (e.g., Zebu) and Prototyping systems (e.g., HAPs).
• Develop infrastructure for the build and runtime of SoC emulation and prototyping models using vendor tools.
• Provide training, failure debug support, and enhance debug capabilities.
• Maximize efficient utilization of platforms through automation and other innovations.
• Debug and resolve issues, pioneer, and deploy new platform capabilities.

Post-silicon Activities

• Continue pre-silicon efforts to seamlessly intersect and bring up early silicon.
• Port emulation and prototyping testplans to post-silicon activities.
• Write tests and infrastructure to ensure Performant and Functional compliance of silicon.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with post-silicon validation.
• Experience with SOC bring-up and post-silicon validation.
• Knowledge of software system interaction with hardware equipment.
• Very strong problem solving, debug and analysis, and automation skills.
• Strong programming skills ( assembly, C, Perl/Python).
• Firsthand experience with silicon bringup, complex system debug, or bare-metal programming.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical or Communications Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in a full development cycle from pre-silicon verification to silicon bringup.
• Experience with ARM and various DSP ISA.
• Experience with SOC fabrics, memory controllers, and SOC peripherals.
• Experience with machine learning, computer vision, or robotics.
• Excellence in technical communication.