Etched
Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
$160K–$350K
San Jose · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2025
- Experience
- 7+ years in post-silicon validation, bring-up, and ASIC debug.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; Master's preferred.
About the job
Bring up, validate, debug, and characterize ASICs from first silicon through production ramp, ensuring functional correctness, performance, and reliability.
What you'll do
- Bring up first silicon and debug issues across RTL, firmware, and system levels.
- Validate and characterize IP blocks, accelerator components, and full-chip operation; develop automated test and regression infrastructure.
- Collaborate across design, verification, board, firmware, and system teams to resolve issues and guide silicon revisions or workarounds.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience in post-silicon validation, bring-up, and ASIC debug.
- Proven expertise in early silicon bring-up, debug, and validation.
- Deep knowledge of peripheral interfaces and board-level debug.
- Proficiency in C, Python, and scripting for validation automation; hands-on expertise with validation lab tools.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/ML accelerators, high-speed protocols, memory subsystems, performance or thermal characterization, or system-level validation.
- Master's degree preferred.
Pay
USD 160K – 350K base salary
Tools
C, Python, I2C, SPI, UART, JTAG, PCIe, Ethernet
AI focus
Post-silicon validation and characterization of AI/ML accelerator hardware; AI/ML model profiling and workload correlation are listed as possible experience.
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