Lead Validation Engineer (UWB)

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.

• Bachelors or Masters 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.

• 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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