Sr Manager, Post-Silicon Validation Engineering

Job Summary

As a Senior Manager in Silicon Design Validation, you lead a highly motivated team focused on ensuring the quality and performance of advanced semiconductor products. Your role provides strategic oversight and technical direction across the full post-silicon lifecycle, from first silicon arrival to production release.

Responsibilities

• Technology Enablement Learning Culture: Fostering a learning environment where engineers gain hands-on experience with FPGA architectures and foundational IP blocks such as SERDES (PMA/PCS), DDR memory (DDR4, LPDDR4, DDR5), DPHY, PLLs, DSPs, MIPI, Fabric, and I/O subsystems.
• Validation/Characterization Strategy Execution: Overseeing the validation and characterization of analog, digital, and mixed-signal IPs, ensuring robust coverage from initial silicon bring-up through production qualification.
• Planning Infrastructure Development: Guiding the development of validation plans, including bench hardware and software requirements, and ensure the team has the necessary tools and infrastructure to execute effectively.
• RTL Development for Test Enablement: Supervising the creation of custom RTL test logic to support targeted validation and characterization efforts, enabling deeper insight into IP behavior.
• Silicon Bring-Up Debug Leadership: Driving the bring-up of new silicon products, driving validation and debug activities to assess IP functionality and performance. This includes characterizing datasheet parameters, performing statistical analysis of measured data, and overseeing datasheet preparation.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Acting as the central liaison between design, verification, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing/application teams, ensuring alignment and smooth transition from silicon arrival to product release.
• Customer Support Issue Resolution: Providing leadership in resolving post-release customer issues, coordinating with internal teams to ensure timely and effective solutions.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in silicon validation, including 3-5 years in a leadership role.
• Master's degree or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a strong passion for engineering and management in silicon design validation.
• Proven track record in managing complex validation projects and leading cross-functional teams.
• Deep expertise in high-speed SerDes interface characterization and protocol compliance testing (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, SDI, CoaXpress, JESD204, MIPI D-PHY, CSI/DSI-2, USB, DisplayPort, HDMI).
• Strong background in high-speed board design, signal integrity evaluation, and debug.
• Proficient in Verilog/VHDL and FPGA design implementation using industry-standard tools.
• Skilled in test automation development using Python and Perl.
• Solid understanding of statistical analysis and tools such as JMP and R.
• Hands-on experience with bench equipment including BERT, VNA, oscilloscopes, and protocol analyzers.
• Exposure to FPGA-based emulation and prototyping environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective collaboration across teams.
• Highly self-motivated, proactive, and strong in critical thinking and problem-solving.

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