IC Validation Engineer

About the Opportunity

• A chance to join a team validating cutting-edge silicon products for high-performance computing, storage, and next-generation system architectures.
• Hands-on work with prototype silicon, emulation platforms, embedded firmware, and state-of-the-art lab equipment.
• Opportunity to debug complex system interactions, write low-level code, and work directly with hardware.
• Hiring across Junior, Mid, Senior, & Staff levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute validation test plans for emulation platforms and prototype silicon.
• Write and debug embedded C/C++ firmware and/or host-side applications for system-level validation.
• Build Python-based automation scripts to control protocol exercisers and lab equipment.
• Work hands-on in the lab with logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, and other validation tools.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, FPGA emulation, and hardware design teams.
• Drive system-level debug, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution across hardware + firmware boundaries.
• Support initial silicon bring-up, reference board validation, and system integration.
• Contribute to engineering documentation, technical notes, and internal knowledge sharing.
• Present technical findings to engineering teams and help onboard others to new product behavior.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Coding skills in any language (C is a bonus!)
• Hands-on lab experience with logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Embedded firmware experience: system drivers, low-level FW, or board bring-up.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture and system-level execution.
• Familiarity with ARM architecture (Nice to Have)
• PCIe (Gen3/4/5) protocol knowledge (Nice to Have)
• Linux development or debug experience (Nice to Have)
• Python automation experience (Nice to Have)
• Exposure to emulation platforms or FPGA prototyping (Nice to Have)

Qualifications

• Validation engineers
• Embedded firmware engineers who want to transition into validation
• System-level engineers who enjoy hardware + software interaction
• Hands-on lab engineers who love working with real silicon and real equipment